what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

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October 7, 2010

it’s kind of like when you’re supposed to meet a rookie for a handoff and you wonder what could possibly take them so long to make two drops and one pick at 801 2nd and meet you on the backside of 999 and then you think back to your first few days on the job when you made a drop on the 22nd floor and you had a pick on 21 so you took the stairs down one floor to find a locked door then went back up to the locked door on 22 and then found locked doors all the way down to the lobby level and finally at parking level D you found a door that exited into the alley and the fire alarm went off and the security guard tried to stop you in the lobby when you came back in to make the pick on 21 after the fire department finally shut off the false alarm and that’s why your simple pick and drop took so long

it’s kind of like at the end of the day when the amount of work that gets done is similar but the amount of energy expended is much different because of all the misdirected overextended backtracking trial and error where the rookie is winded and sweating but proud of themselves for completing the task while the old vet is sipping a cup of coffee half smiling and scratching their head but relaxing because they’re already ten steps ahead and waiting for the FNG to catch up

it’s kind of like that

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10 Comments

mr. younger said...

do you think it will still come down to "same shit different day"?

Posted October 7, 2010 11:08 PM | Reply to this comment

life replied to mr. younger...

kinda

Posted October 7, 2010 11:09 PM | Reply to this comment

Kirk R. Dungan said...

How long ya' been drinkin' son? 33 years as long as Jesus lived before he was crucified, long enough to think this link might be relevant or something http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_EDOv9v1P0&feature=player_embedded#!

Posted October 8, 2010 01:58 AM | Reply to this comment

pilder replied to mr. younger...

what day is this?

Posted October 8, 2010 06:31 AM | Reply to this comment

steve replied to pilder...

It's the first day of the rest of your life. Dont fuck it up.

Posted October 8, 2010 11:18 AM | Reply to this comment

. said...

metaphorical bookend of the history of courier companies of seattle gone by the way side or eaten by abc or....one day you may ask yourself

Posted October 8, 2010 01:04 PM | Reply to this comment

pilder replied to ....

ENA ABC PNP no mas PM Legal happy 10-9 DAY

Posted October 9, 2010 08:23 AM | Reply to this comment

29 said...

fleetfoot, or whats left of it is moving to kent. i remember being stuck in a stairwell my first week. the wheel in the sky...

Posted October 9, 2010 01:26 PM | Reply to this comment

pilder replied to 29...

there's always a time and or a place for one of Journey's Greatest Hits. pause your cassette at the perfect place to press play