Can I be Nearly as Interesting as Slang?

[zippyt]

I could just see Syc delivering pizzas !!!!!

" Here is your FUCKING pizza !!!! Now where is my damn tip BITCH !!!!!!"

I feel for ya Splode , I delivered pizzas in southern Cali in the early 80's , !!!!!

[slang]

It's nice to know that shitjobs suck ass with the same intensity regardless of the geographical location.

Sometimes going through the bullshit is a bit easier when you know you will be writing about it later. It helps you keep your sense of humor because you can already read the story in your mind. From my experience, it makes you pay more attention for little details and sharpens your writing skills.

Keep them coming Ep. I feel your pain!!!!

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by slang

Sometimes going through the bullshit is a bit easier when you know you will be writing about it later.

In that respect, I almost look forward to my next night, which will be on Thursday. Friday night I'm not delivering pizza because I get to make $50 for an hour of Xmas music playing for the old folks at the ritzy retirement home, an annual gig I've done for some years. I'll make about the same money as I would delivering, and I won't have to mop anything.

I truly, deeply have this overriding sense of doing something that is *so* beneath me, that the only things that make it bearable are the money to keep the family going, and the fact that I can, in fact, write about it. There has got to be something about me that is going to eventually start making this experience come out like a fish out of water story.

Don't get me wrong...I'm not dissing people who do this as a regular gig. It takes a special kind of person to dedicate themselves to feeding a largely unappreciative public day after day, just as it takes a special kind of person to pull bleeding drunks out of mangled automobiles. All things being equal, I'd rather deliver pizzas.

Syc, this isn't exactly my neighborhood, but it is fairly close. Lee's Summit is just to the East of Grandview. It is about a fifteen minute drive for me to get there from my house. It is largely a higher-end suburban bedroom town, and hopefully there will be some good tips in my more experienced future.

Mari, I appreciate the good vibes, and I'm taking as good care of my hands as I ever have. I have very tough hands for some reason. I think the tradeoff is the arthritis and tendonitis, but I played for a couple of hours tonight, and I can still type.

Speaking of typing...you know what blows my mind? I try so hard to proof this stuff before I post it, and every time I read back over it, I find another stinking error. Missed words, bad punctuation...I used to be able to catch this stuff first time through. So, please forgive apparent demonstrations of illiteracy...I banged those things out at work during lunch and breaks, then copied them and pasted them in.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Your doing fine.......on all fronts.

[Elspode]

Tomorrow will be my second night...rain again in the forecast, and I'm assuming it will again be dark, sooooo....I picked up a Coleman 1,000,000 candlepower rechargeable spotlight today. Yes, I know...if I can afford stuff like that, then why work a shitjob? Well, let me relate my thinking on this subject.

First...how can I deliver pizzas at all if I can't see the addresses? I wouldn't have gotten half as lost on Monday night if I had been able to see the addresses. Second, finding the right house quicker should presumably equate to better tips. Starving, pissed-off people waiting for late pizzas probably don't feel like paying a little extra for the privilege. Therefore, the light could logically result in increased income, not to mention improved job performance overall.

Finally...damn thing only cost $27.00. It has *got* to be worth that.

In truth, the night vision thing seemed cooler, but that *is* too expensive...although Sam's club had a monocular version for $140.

Now, on to this question I have...does anyone here at the Cellar have a copy of Garmin's Metroguide USA v 8.0? I *really* need better routing technology, and I've already got the GPS.

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Syc, this isn't exactly my neighborhood, but it is fairly close. Lee's Summit is just to the East of Grandview. It is about a fifteen minute drive for me to get there from my house. It is largely a higher-end suburban bedroom town, and hopefully there will be some good tips in my more experienced future.

That's the ticket!

I wouldn't want to deliver in my neighborhood b/c 1) I don't think the tips would be that good and 2) the neighborhood gets more...colorful...not that far from here.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by sycamore

2) the neighborhood gets more...colorful...not that far from here.

I really think he means less colorful, but is too PC to say so.

I wouldn't deliver pizza in your neighborhood either.

I have a hard time just driving through your neighborhood.

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by wolf

I really think he means less colorful, but is too PC to say so.

Funny...I actually thought about my choice of words after I typed it.

"Colorful" in this case means "dangerous."

As far as actual color, it depends on which way you go...further into Germantown or towards North Philly, more color. Towards Roxborough, West Mt. Airy or East Falls, less color.

[gingerdumbandproud]

me dan gan gut mensilf unnemployed....... me dan tans aaf jubes tall haf dem haf bin sheet mon i have spent the last three weeks in bloody fucking job club, phoning every twat what ever posted an advert in yellow pages. it it just me, or does the government try to hold every body who wants a freekin life at the bottom of the pile, and any moron with money or only half a brain run things for them.
they say money goes to money???? well ive got about £1.80 to my skint ass name an it aint gettin any fucking bigger

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by zippyt

I could just see Syc delivering pizzas !!!!!

" Here is your FUCKING pizza !!!! Now where is my damn tip BITCH !!!!!!"

You forgot, "Have a nice night, dickhead!"

I delivered for Pizza Hut for a bit in the late 90s...I liked the job, but not Pizza Hut.