Hi OBJ community,
My name is Anne O'Leary, I am the daughter of the late Brian O'Leary who was the former owner of Outboard Jets in San Leandro, CA. Currently, I am a college student and I am taking a journalism class my final assignment is about partaking in an experience and writing about it. I found this online community a few weeks ago when I was searching my dad's name along with Outboard Jets and found several posts on here that mentioned him. Upon talking with someone in this community, I've been told that my dad was a really big part of this community, and many people on this site had worked with him before and have possibly known him for years since he worked at OBJ for a very long time.
When I saw all the nice messages written about him, I realized that I don't really know his work-life very well and the people he impacted in this community with his kindness. So for my project, I want to speak to several people in the OBJ community who were his clients and have experiences with him. The interactions don't have to be super detailed or numerous, I'm interested in knowing what your experience was like as a client for him. If you are interested please private message me and we can get in contact. I can also keep identities anonymous if that works better for people. I'd really like to know some stories to connect more with my dad, as he, unfortunately, passed while I was quite young. Please message me for questions, details, etc.
Thanks,
Anne
My name is Anne O'Leary, I am the daughter of the late Brian O'Leary who was the former owner of Outboard Jets in San Leandro, CA. Currently, I am a college student and I am taking a journalism class my final assignment is about partaking in an experience and writing about it. I found this online community a few weeks ago when I was searching my dad's name along with Outboard Jets and found several posts on here that mentioned him. Upon talking with someone in this community, I've been told that my dad was a really big part of this community, and many people on this site had worked with him before and have possibly known him for years since he worked at OBJ for a very long time.
When I saw all the nice messages written about him, I realized that I don't really know his work-life very well and the people he impacted in this community with his kindness. So for my project, I want to speak to several people in the OBJ community who were his clients and have experiences with him. The interactions don't have to be super detailed or numerous, I'm interested in knowing what your experience was like as a client for him. If you are interested please private message me and we can get in contact. I can also keep identities anonymous if that works better for people. I'd really like to know some stories to connect more with my dad, as he, unfortunately, passed while I was quite young. Please message me for questions, details, etc.
Thanks,
Anne