on the job.
ok.
i am a runner.
(i tried to find some websites that would outline this job for you. but alas, i couldn't find what i wanted in the two minutes i looked. damn world wide web sayin' it has everything. sheesh.)
i drop things off. i pick things up. i ask for signatures on fancy maps. (i work for an engineering firm. civil engineers. they have maps of stuff like subdivisions or uhm other stuff.) i paid taxes today for stuff. i also paid the water department for some kind of inspection thing. and. other stuff.
mostly i drive around. or file things in binders that, i'm told, no one will ever look at again. but i like it. it's like my pizza delivery job only there seems to be less stress. and hot foods. and seeing the insides of strange people's houses. which can be a pro or a con. believe me.
so i drive around and drop things off and listen to my stereo and i look at my city map - i just moved here and i still need to use a map. i'm not ashamed.
and i saw this guy. this guy driving this monstrous ugly hummer. so he had that going for him. but it wasn't just that. he was also wearing one of those cell phone headsets* . and as i sat next to him at the stoplight i could see his mandible working. he was one of those insane gum chewers. that chews his gum about a million miles an hour. he would talk in these erratic spurts and then chew his gum like a maniac. it was crazy. and a long red light.
and then there was this woman. i was following her down a lengthy patch of road. she was putting mascara on in her rear view mirror. and then she did a little hair brushing. after that came some roaming around in her lane, a little going over the line into the other lane. and then she adjusted her mirror better so she could check out the rest of her make-up. and she wasn't driving the speed limit. well. she was sometimes. she needs better time management. so she doesn't have to do that on the road. she'd look better in the end.
but! i did see a chick singing as loud and hard as she could to whatever she was listening to. and i think that made up for the other two. because yeah. that rules.
oh. and i looked up bad drivers on the internet and found THIS. which might be more scary, actually, than the bad drivers are. so much anger this kid.
*which i admit, yes, is better than using your hand but it STILL takes your mind off the road. and i won't agree that it's the same as having a conversation with someone in your car because it's just not. because the other person is IN the car with you. they can see when they need to shut up because you're swerving off the road.
i am a runner.
(i tried to find some websites that would outline this job for you. but alas, i couldn't find what i wanted in the two minutes i looked. damn world wide web sayin' it has everything. sheesh.)
i drop things off. i pick things up. i ask for signatures on fancy maps. (i work for an engineering firm. civil engineers. they have maps of stuff like subdivisions or uhm other stuff.) i paid taxes today for stuff. i also paid the water department for some kind of inspection thing. and. other stuff.
mostly i drive around. or file things in binders that, i'm told, no one will ever look at again. but i like it. it's like my pizza delivery job only there seems to be less stress. and hot foods. and seeing the insides of strange people's houses. which can be a pro or a con. believe me.
so i drive around and drop things off and listen to my stereo and i look at my city map - i just moved here and i still need to use a map. i'm not ashamed.
and i saw this guy. this guy driving this monstrous ugly hummer. so he had that going for him. but it wasn't just that. he was also wearing one of those cell phone headsets* . and as i sat next to him at the stoplight i could see his mandible working. he was one of those insane gum chewers. that chews his gum about a million miles an hour. he would talk in these erratic spurts and then chew his gum like a maniac. it was crazy. and a long red light.
and then there was this woman. i was following her down a lengthy patch of road. she was putting mascara on in her rear view mirror. and then she did a little hair brushing. after that came some roaming around in her lane, a little going over the line into the other lane. and then she adjusted her mirror better so she could check out the rest of her make-up. and she wasn't driving the speed limit. well. she was sometimes. she needs better time management. so she doesn't have to do that on the road. she'd look better in the end.
but! i did see a chick singing as loud and hard as she could to whatever she was listening to. and i think that made up for the other two. because yeah. that rules.
oh. and i looked up bad drivers on the internet and found THIS. which might be more scary, actually, than the bad drivers are. so much anger this kid.
*which i admit, yes, is better than using your hand but it STILL takes your mind off the road. and i won't agree that it's the same as having a conversation with someone in your car because it's just not. because the other person is IN the car with you. they can see when they need to shut up because you're swerving off the road.
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