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November 21, 2006
At least I tried
Today I walked out to my car to drive Christy home, and as we approached it, I realized that two AT&T trucks had blocked me in, and they were running some kind of hose into the manhole cover. There was no way I could get my car out of the parking spot unless they moved, so I put on my best scowl and approached the truck.
"Excuse me," I sneered. "I need you to move your truck." I was prepared for an argument and a story of how I had to take my delicate flower of a girlfriend home and how if they didn't move I would make their lives a living hell, I'd get them fired and I'd drop a match in the sewer and blow us all sky high.
"Oh sure!" the man in the truck responded. "We were wondering when you'd get here!" Whaaaaaa? No, "get lost buddy"? No "we're almost done"? Just a "sure thing!" I was quite stunned. I meekly responded that there was no sign or anything saying I couldn't park there, and the worked just moseyed over, and unhooked his truck as his partner moved it.
Then he started explaining to me all the different wires they have in the sewer, because if they were all on telephone polls there'd be a thousand cables running on there. Then he told me how each company had its own color-coded wires, so that you didn't accidentally mess with somebody else's wires. Then he talked about how it's always hard to work in my neighborhood because every parking spot is taken. I think he was bored, sitting in his truck with just his partner, and he liked having somebody to talk to.
He was a nice fellow, but I sure would've liked to have kicked his ass, though.
entry no. 658
Posted by oz115 at November 21, 2006 10:58 AM