I listened, not just to my little staff meeting. I couldn’t have all 40 of them, but one guy Paddy Peters married Lois Greene, Paddy’s super was Bill Cupps. Bill didn’t have an education, basically. He’d been here for almost 20-something years. We had the polar bears over there, in… Read More
He said, “Jack, let me take the polar bear. “Let me have a big old piece of pipe from downtown.” One of there big old things that sewers run through. “Let me put that piece of pipe under the earth, “I got a tractor and we’ll go bury it. “We’ll… Read More
He set the thing up. What’s he do?… Read More
One thing I did here, I must say it’s caused the success of the zoo. Read More
You know what I did?… Read More
But back then when I got here for the first 12 years, I knew every single person, every hole, every drain, everything here ’cause I wanted to learn about every little thing so somebody couldn’t tell me that can’t be done. I cannot stand the words can’t, I do not,… Read More
Nothing but farms when I got here, not one thing. It was a drive from Columbus. It was like a days, God, you go to the zoo, you’re like going to Cincinnati. But then we kept going, and we kept explaining people, that it wasn’t that far to come up… Read More
It might’ve said curator. It might’ve said mammals or reptiles or birds. But then again, I would also let people that’ve said, “Jack, can we try and work with the birds, “or other animals or the mammals or whatever?” “Yeah, sure, you can. “You know, you can go get, “try… Read More
“Are you trying to make a point, “oh ’cause you’re the new maintenance guy?… Read More
“The head of maintenance, you go, “you’re gonna show him what he can do?” He looked at me, he couldn’t answer. Read More
He said, ” Um, Mr. Hanna, I made mistake.” “Okay, I accept that. No problem, all right?… Read More
“But don’t pull that kind of crap ever again.” You know, that’s the kind of, the way I operate this zoo. These guys will tell you. If somebody called me up right now, and told me to go down here and watch the, whatever it is or clean something, I’m… Read More
I said, “I want you to go down to human resources, “and I want you to change that. “He’s going to go to church on Sundays. “He’s been here 30-something years. “That’s all he’s ever asked for from me “in 30-something years. Read More
“Are you kidding me? Why did you do this?… Read More
“Are you trying to make a point to him?… Read More
So what strengths do you think you brought to the Columbus Zoo?… Read More
You’re obviously a hard worker. Yeah, it’s very simple. It’s the golden rule I brought here that turned the zoo around. Do unto others as they do unto you. You know, that’s all I did. I always treat people, and she will tell you, anybody that works for me. I… Read More
I don’t care if it’s a guy like Ronnie Jones that drove the truck to pick up the animal feces here for 35, 36 years. He retired like two years ago. Ronnie only came to my office one time in 36 years ’cause everybody knows I have an open door… Read More
In Knoxville?… Read More
Knoxville. You had just gone to Knoxville and were part of the trustees and I think it was Stan Brock, but I don’t know. Yeah, yeah, I knew it was that didn’t go very far. No, that, I know you read about it, but Freedom for Animals Fund was just… Read More