The Big Green House

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

 

This is dedicated to the one I love

Feeling much better today, thank you. It�s amazing how fifteen hours of mostly uninterrupted sleep will change your outlook on life. I no longer feel like sticking my head in a waffle iron.

Science Girl thinks I should tell the following story, so I will:

Remember Bedrock, the place with the recycled/salvaged rock and glass and stuff? We had a little trouble finding it at first, since the Thomas Guide I have (left over from truck driving days, so it�s about five years out of date) doesn�t show the 1400 block of W. Garfield Street; it cuts off at the 1100 block, which rather inconveniently ends in a cliff. SG had the brilliant idea of going down to the bottom of the hill and driving up Elliot. Sure enough, there it was.

We mentioned the lack of map coverage to the nice woman working there that day. She then told us about a customer who�d had a similar problem. He was, apparently, a fairly wealthy man & one used to getting his way. His problem stemmed from his inability to find the address using his GPS system. The folks at Bedrock attempted to give him driving directions over the phone but he was fixated on his techno-toy, to the point of actually yelling at the Bedrock employee because they weren�t on the GPS. He eventually made his way to the shop, whereupon he proceeded to let everyone know that he�d called the GPS people and made sure that Bedrock�s address would be in the system in the future. Never mind if they wanted to be off the grid; he made damn sure they were on it.

Never let it be said that I don�t play requests.

bmarkey 8/13/2003 05:58:00 PM