Folsom, CA - A flurry of complaints from friends, neighbors, family members, employees and coffee house patrons were leveled against Quagga co-founder Scott Knorp after the 44 year old corporate titan spent the weekend contemplating his legacy in the telecom industry.
"I was at Starbucks with my husband," stated Sun Yi Yen. "Mr. Knorp just sits down between us and starts yapping about how he's always done his best to lead from his heart." Part time barista, Kenny Rupert, escorted Knorp from the premises at the behest of Sun Yi Yen's husband Chen Yen. "There were tears welling up in his eyes," recounted Rupert. "He asked me if I thought History would be fair in sizing up his legacy. I didn't know how to respond so I suggested he eat a pumpkin scone to raise his blood sugar."According to several eyewitnesses, Knorp proceeded to go door to door in his community pleading with neighbors to sit through a 35 minute Powerpoint he prepared, documenting his life and career.
"The presentation opens up with a slide called '1963: The Birth of Scott Knorp and Telecom,' and he's got the Chariots of Fire theme music playing in the background," recounted a neighbor of Knorp's, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "It was pretty embarrassing. We had good friends in town from Vancouver who sat through the whole thing with us. We finally had to call the police in order to get him to leave."
"We go through this cycle every 5 years or so," explained Karin Knorp, Scott's wife of 20 years. "He gets the flu, recovers, and is so overjoyed to have not died that he kind of goes off the deep end." According to Karin, his last bout with the flu was in 2003 - at which time Scott penned his still unpublished 968 page autobiography entitled "Citizen Knorp."
Community leaders have drafted a petition that, if passed, would force Mr. Knorp to be injected annually with the flu vaccine.
Ken Apperson reporting