June 2006
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Cheddah
Wanna know what getting paid for your first batch of books looks like? Here. Here is what it looks like: I know it’s not a huge check or anything, but it still felt nice.
A conversation at work
Here's a phone conversation I had at work yesterday:
Me: Connie's Auto Body.
Voice: Lemme talk to Connie.
Me: Can I ask who's calling?
Voice: Bob, whadido.
Me: I'm sorry?
voice: Bob, whadido.
Me: Heh. Okay.
I go out to the shop to get Connie. It takes a few minutes because he's crammed up in a car installing a dash. When he finally gets to the phone, the caller is gone. A little frustrated, Connie climbs back into the car. The phone rings again.
Me: Connie's Auto Body
Voice: Connie.
Me: This is Patrick.
Voice: Get Connie.
Me: Can I ask who's calling?
Voice: Bob.
Me: What can I tell him this is in regards to?
Voice: It don't matter. Go get Connie.
Me: Well, I went and got him a second ago and you didn't stay on the line long enough to talk.
Voice: That didn't happen. Go get Connie.
Me: It did happen. And I'm not gonna go pull him away from what he's doing again unless you tell me what you want.
Voice: It dont' matter what I want. Go get Connie.
Me: If you want me to go get him, it does matter. I'm not getting him unless you tell me what you want.
Voice: Go get Connie stupid!
I hung up after that. I was stunned. I can't believe some guy called me stupid on the phone. I'm pretty sure he was a salesman. And even though, he insulted me, I've decided that he is the greatest salesman ever. In honor of him, I will now start calling everyone stupid.
Things heard in a body shop
Guy 1: Hey, I haven't seen you in forever!
Guy 2: It's been a while. Not since I used to work on your farm.
Guy 1: That's right. Say, did you hear about John?
Guy 2: No.
Guy 1: He was up in Chicago and got messed up with drugs and stuff. Now he's in an institution up there.
Guy 2: Well, you don't say? He used to screw my wife.
Guy 1: ...
Guy 2: ...
Guy 1: Well, you know, I'd always heard that was the case.
Guy 2: It was.
Guy 1: She's your ex-wife now, though, I guess.
Guy 2: Yeah.
Guy 1: I guess she was probably screwing him just as much as he was screwing her.
Guy 2: Yeah.
Guy 1: Yeah.