MEMPHIS – They vow to keep it civil.
But for the next few days, at least, there will be some competitive hostility throughout the office and around the city when they cross paths. Bragging rights are definitely on the line for Mike Sutherland and Kaelin Bridges. Normally, they’re close colleagues at the Memphis branch of Georgia-Pacific. But at lunch this week, the two instinctively separated themselves with an empty chair between them.
Just to sort of keep a safe distance.
“It’s obviously a big rivalry, and it’s one of those love-hate things,” said Sutherland, a 42-year-old Morehouse graduate.