I worked as a hotel maintenance guy for years. It’s not a glamorous job and it’s crazy how many years I let go by on autopilot. I was super depressed, and that depression grew every day.
The hotel I worked at was an upscale place in Reykjavik. We often had some famous people staying there, especially eSports teams as we are near Laugardalshöll.
One January night in 2021, I was feeling super depressed (dead end job, cold climate) when I got called to one of the nice suites. There was an issue with the heater. I go up and who answers the door but Tyson fricken Ngo! He explains to me that his heater had just slowed significantly and it was getting cold. He was super nice and was getting ready to leave for that nights game against Fnatic. (Man we were hyped for this Derke kid around then.)
So he’s in the shower/bathroom getting ready while I do my thing fixing the heater. While I’m down on my knees checking out the heater I notice something on the floor.... a toenail! I looked up at the table and on it is a toenail clippers he must have just been using. This toenail was the biggest toenail I’d ever seen, and tbh it was kind of gnarly. I quickly picked it up and looked around, I found a few more whole nails and a couple of shards. All in all I found 11 shards of nails that I believe to be his (we pretty thoroughly vacuum the suite every day). I kept them and finished my job and got out of there.
When I got home, I just sat there looking at his toe nails on my table. For the longest time I just sat there staring at them. I would roll them in my fingers, and I just couldn’t get over the fact that I (possibly) had parts of TenZ in my hand!!
After awhile I started thinking more depressing thoughts again about my job. I then thought to myself; Tyson has it all. He has family, fame, fortune and he’s very nice in person. You know, getting down on myself about the success of others.
I then looked at this gnarled toenail I was springing up and down between my fingers and realized: Tyson. Ngo. Is. Just. A. Man. Like. Me.
He worked to get to where he is. He goes and gets what he wants. Family? Done. Fame? He crafted his story. Money? He did what he loved and held out to get paid his fair shake. He loves what he does and he loves his life, and Taco Tuesday....and yet he has to sit down.... every month.... just like me.... and clip his toenails.
For some reason it has always stuck with me. It’s kind of like realizing the president has to put his pants on in the mornings too or the Pope has to wipe himself clean in the bathroom just like you and me. We are all just people.
In the coming months I saved my money and started weaning myself off of my job I don’t like. Recently I quit and I am now following my dream: Redditing. All thanks to TenZ and his toenails.
I do feel, however, that I would like to get it officially verified that these are his toenails. What are the best ways (or companies) around the VCT to verify that things like jerseys, deskmats, mice, toenails, shoes etc... are genuine?
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