{"id":13692,"date":"2018-09-03T14:05:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/?p=13692"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:22:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T19:22:56","slug":"inside-the-home-base-of-paul-olds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cubesmart.dev\/blog\/real-life\/inside-the-home-base-of-paul-olds\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Home Base of Paul Olds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CubeSmart_HoSS_Rahway-NJ_Paul-Olds-5-1024x633.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Olds\" width=\"810\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This is one of a series of stories we are sharing to show what&#8217;s inside CubeSmart. You not only get a peek inside our customer&#8217;s storage unit, but also a peek inside what is important to them. Thank you to Paul Olds, a customer of our CubeSmart store in Rahway, NJ, for sharing his story with us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Paul Olds uses his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/new-jersey-self-storage\/rahway-self-storage\/2350.html\">CubeSmart unit in Rahway, NJ<\/a> for storing tools and personal items but also as a workspace for rebuilding car and truck engines. Most of all, he comes to visit with the teammates he\u2019s befriended over his many years here. He has even been known to help out around the store with maintenance tasks from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all this time, the staff, they\u2019re like family to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul works for the township handling emergency calls, which can include checking on buildings or downed power lines during storms, or responding to alerts when cars are overturned on the highway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work is different every day, which I like,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been doing this job for six years, since he retired from Continental Airlines, where he directed planes on the runway and also worked in customer service at Newark Liberty International Airport. Prior to that, he served in the Marine Corps. Service runs in his family, he says\u2014his father was a police officer, his mother was a Naval officer and his son has just completed training to become a highway patrolman in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>His parents, who were born in St. Lucia, Barbados, still live in the area and Paul visits them every day\u2014one of the reasons he\u2019s stayed in the area even though he\u2019s traveled widely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re older now, so I just like to go and check on them. As you get older you just want to be with your family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his free time, Paul also likes to travel, taste wines, jet ski and work on his engines, a skill he picked up from racing as a hobbyist. He finds the trucks and cars at estate sales, flea markets and on internet listings. He estimates he\u2019s rebuilt and resold dozens of engines for people in the region and he often sees the vehicles as he\u2019s driving around town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI come here, I tinker around. It\u2019s very satisfying to complete a job. I like to do the work\u2014it keeps me young.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>We&#8217;d love to hear how self storage has positively\u00a0impacted your life. Share your #HumansofSelfStorage story in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of a series of stories we are sharing to show what&#8217;s inside CubeSmart. You not only get a peek inside our customer&#8217;s storage unit, but also a peek inside what is important to them. 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