1. JOGGING CHORES.
WHEN IN TOWN, GAGGERO WOULD JOG DOWN EVERY MORNING TO THE FACILITY, NOT JUST THE
FACILITY, BEFORE THE FACILITY, WHEN HE LEFT HIS HOUSE, HIS JOGGING ROUTE WAS TO TURN RIGHT
OUT OF HIS DRIVE, GO ABOUT 2 MILES TO MY HOUSE (HIS OFFICE IS NEXT TO IT), STOP AT MY HOUSE, AND
EXAMINE YARD, FLOWERS, PARKING SITUATION, HOSES COILED, YARD WATERED, YARD CUT. HE WOULD
ALSO BRING HIS 6 DOGS, WHICH CAUSED MINE TO BARK LIKE CRAZY. THIS CAUSED ENORMOUS STRESS,
AS HE WOULD JOG BETWEEN 5-6.30A.M., AND I ALWAYS FELT LIKE IF I WASN’T OUTDOORS BEFORE HIM,
TENDING TO THINGS, I WOULD BE “SLACKING OFF”. THIS WAS VERY STRESSFUL, AS MOST NIGHTS I HAD
TO TRACTOR/WATER ALL ARENAS MYSELF, AND CHECK ON HORSES, USUALLY FINISHING BETWEEN 10-
12P.M. I DID NOT SLEEP MUCH, AND WHEN I DID, VERY LIGHT. STEVE NOTICES EVERYTHING, VERY SHARP,
HE CAN TELL IF A TREE WAS WATERED YESTERDAY OR 2 DAYS AGO. HE WAS ALWAYS PUSHING ME
ABOUT THE PLANTS AND GOPHERS; I THINK BECAUSE THEY OWN SOME NURSERIES. IT WAS A VERY
SENSITIVE ISSUE WITH HIM, AND HE WAS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. SO I WOULD GET UP VERY EARLY, TO
TRY TO BEAT HIM. I WOULD PUT ON SPRINKLERS AT MY HOUSE, AND ZOOM UP TO THE FACILITY. MY
HEART WOULD DROP IF I SAW HIM AHEAD OF ME AT THE FACILITY, OR COMING BACK DOWN THE ROAD
TOWARDS HIS HOUSE. HE WOULD ALWAYS , EVERY SINGLE TIME, MAKE COMMENTS, LIKE………………
YOU ARE WATERING THE ARENAS THE WRONG WAY; YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND FORTH, NOT IN A
FIGURE 8…IT MOVES THE SAND THE WRONG WAY. OR,….THE FLOWERS AROUND THE TREES YOU
PLANTED ARE DONE ALL WRONG; YOU NEED TO PUT FERTILIZER IN AND DIG IT UP. OR,…..THE HOSE ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE RED BARN HAS A LEAK. OR,….THE TREES THAT WERE PLANTED LAST YEAR ARE
2. NOT GETTING ENOUGH WATER; YOU MUST BUCKET IT, AND WALK IT TO THEM EVERY DAY. OR,….YOU
DID NOT HAVE THE TRACTOR DRAG SET RIGHT WHEN YOU DRAGGED THE ARENAS LAST NIGHT.
OR,…YOU DROVE TOO FAST , AND THERE ARE RIDGES IN THE SAND. OR,….YOU NEED ROAD SIGNS BIGGER
FOR SPEEDING DRIVERS; I SAW ONE YESTERDAY, AND IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR BOARDERS.
OR,…IF YOU GET ENOUGH BOARDERS, WE CAN PUT IN PERMANENT PASTURES. OR,…MIGUEL IS DRIVING
TOO FAST. OR,…WHY IS THE WATER TRUCK PARKED LIKE THAT? OR,…THE GRASS NEEDS RE-SEEDING.
OR,….YOU NEED TO PUT IN MORE TREES. OR,….WHY IS THERE SOME MUD NEXT TO THE WASHRACKS?;
YOU NEED TO PUT GRAVEL IN IT; JUST ORDER A LOAD. OR,….YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP THE PLACE, I
PICKED UP 4 PIECES OF TRASH AND HAY STRING. OR,…YOU NEED TO WEEDWACK. OR,….THE DIRT ROADS
ALL OVER THE FACILITY NEED TO BE WATERED, I SAW DUST TODAY. OR,…THE WATER TRUCK IS
LEAKING NEXT TO MY SADDLEROOM(STEVE’S). OR,…I SAW HAY IN THE BARN AISLE; IT WOULD BE
BETTER IIF IT WERE SWEPT NEATER. OR,… SAND CORRALS IN BACK OF EACH HORSE SHOULD BE RAKED
AT LEAST ONCE DAILY, IT SHOULDN’T BE LUMPY AND UNEVEN. OR,… I SAW LOOSE HAY AROUND THE
BARNS; TELL MIGUEL TO RAKE THIS UP AS HE IS FEEDING,..NOT LATER,..ETC………
GAGGERO NEVER GAVE CONSIDERATION TO MY TRAINING ACTIVITY OR OTHER BOARDER ACTIVITY
SCHEDULES….HE HIMSELF WOULD BRAG , OVER AND OVER, TO ALL HIS FRIENDS AND WORKERS THAT I
WAS FIRST UP AND WORKING, AND LAST TO FINISH EVERY DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.
