Oʻahu · Business · Military Service
A shop is a promise to your neighbors
Herbert Sakai recalls opening a machine shop in Kalihi in 1961, and the unwritten rules of doing business in the neighborhood.
Storyteller
Herbert Sakai
Kalihi · 1930s
Second-generation machinist who built a family shop in Kalihi after returning from service.
Transcript
Nobody signed anything. If you told somebody Tuesday, it was Tuesday. One time I worked all Sunday night because I said Tuesday. That is the whole business right there.
Themes
- Work ethic
- Neighborhood
- Enterprise
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