Meeting Lamar Hunt. Share your stories here.

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Originally Posted by Dale "Fat Fingers" Mercer

Don't laugh, but my degree is in Public Relations. I did my internship for Worlds of Fun, which, at the time was owned by Hunt Midwest. We were having a big event, with a hot air balloon launch, and Mr. Hunt and his wife were making an appearance. One of my functions that day was to drive Mr. Hunt and his wife to the restricted area, where we were doing the launch. It ended up with me driving, Mrs. Hunt in the middle, then Mr. Hunt. I introduced my self and Mrs. hunt asked me how long I had worked at Worlds of Fun. I told her I had worked there for 5 seasons (I had worked the first 4 seasons as a ride operator and ride supervisor).

Mrs. Hunt then turned to Mr. Hunt and said, "Lamar....Do you know Dale?"

I thought it was funny..out of all the things Mr. Hunt owned, plus W.O.F. had probably 200 permanant employees, and 3000 seasonal employees, and she actually thought that maybe Mr. Hunt knew me.

Mr. Hunt replied, "No dear, I haven't had the pleasure until now." We chatted a bit but the ride was short. He was a very gracious man.

May he RIP.

Never had the privilege of meeting him, but my wife used to work in the office at Worlds of Fun.

She sat near the front of the office and was talking on the phone when someone she did not recognize (I know... don't laugh) walked up and stood near her desk. The person did not show any impatience while waiting for her call to finish. When she was done, she asked if she could help him. He introduced himself as Lamar Hunt and wanted to know if he could borrow her phone book and telephone. The wife said of course, while thinking to herself, "Well, yeah, you own it".

She said he was in the office several more times and was always very gracious and the perfect gentleman.