Johnson Automotive Group, Inc.

Well, We are with Mr. Dwayne Brown today. He is our fixed operations director for all of Wyatt Johnson Automotive Group. And we've got a great honor today to talk with Just a tremendous, tremendous t Dwayne, Thank you for having me. Well, We'll kind of just rapid fire them. And you just, if you don't mind, walk through them. We've got a lot of people that will be observing and listening to you today and appreciate your time. The first one is, Well, Johnson, Sydney and Catherine's father, And he treated us And, And, And so we, They've certainly, And so, It's a never-ending growing company that just continues to, And so, They're just an amazing family, and they've treated us with a tremendous amount of respect over the years. Well, that's without a doubt. So thanks, Dwayne. Would you mind talking about the timeline of how you got started and all the t Well, it started in, I was very young, got out of high school, It wasn't an option. I really didn't want to go, And so I needed to go to work. And I'd been, And so a full-time position became open in parts. And so I had that opportunity to go into that in March. And that was my official beginning, was in March of 1981 in parts. And I did, very young, a lot to learn. And that went on for the next 30 years. And We opened up a new store, the one were setting in today, w And, And so, And, And so Catherine, And just didn't, it just wasn'the right time for me. And so she offered it again. And so that, With that job came the, I got to be the service manager at the GM store. And the fixed operations were our group. And so it was quite an undertaking for me, for a guy that had been in the parts department for the last 30 years. And those people, that's a completely different world, a very safe environment, And so it was a big job. It really was. And honestly, I didn't know what I was doing at first. But, And it's been the last 10 years, it's gone very well. And our companies continue to grow, as And so that's kind of what got us to where we're at right now. And it took 40 years, but, Wow. Well, that's great, Mike. So thank you for answering that. So last question, And a lot of people every day apply for jobs with our company. We're very blessed in that area. So if we had a group of people that were potential new Well, The opportunities are nearly endless with t I don't know what the last 40 has. And, And I mean, it was not much, really. And, There's more stores. There's more locations and just more opportunities, And now, granted, we've got a lot of people that have been here for a long time and they, And they're going to be some great options for people to have some really good, And so you've got to get in line, And sometimes it takes a w Sometimes it doesn't. But, And so, And so, It really does. And, The next thing And so, by the way, we're building another store. We're building another store. So here we go again, And so there are those opportunities that pop up. And, you know, we, you've heard the n And it's a really high n And so, And so, Wow. Well, thank you very much for your time. Dwayne, again, on behalf of our team, thank you for the 40 years you've given to the company. Thank you for all you do for us each day. It's been, it's been really a pleasure talking with you today. Thank you very much.