5 O'CLOCK TALES:
Hobart, tasmania
** A lot of characters in the following stories are real and their names have not been changed so that they may continually endure any embarrassment. The stories themselves, of course, are somewhat…well mostly fictionalized. **
Lending A HAnd
We were in Hobart, Tasmania. We had a devil of a time getting there!
Man, Pete was getting sick of the “devil” jokes, but I just could not stop. I’m not proud.
We were making our way to a local bar to see if we could sell them some Hopper-Inc coasters when I spotted an office supply store and insisted we stop in.
“Crap, not this again. Can’t you wait until we get to Manilla. Their file folders are way better than anything in Tasmania.” said Pete.
Some people like poking around hardware stores, I liked office supply stores. It goes back to having worked in one for many years.
“I just want to see if the Tasmanian supplies are any different,” I said.
“They are,” said Pete, “they flush down the toilet counterclockwise.”
Just then a man asked if we could give him some help getting his packages to his vehicle.
We said, "Sure" and followed him to his truck, carrying his supplies.
As we got to his truck and realized there was nobody waiting for him, we began to get curious…
You see, the man had no arms.
Pete and I loaded his packages.
As he got in the driver’s seat and thanked us I, politely as I could, asked what the modifications were to the car that allowed him to drive.
He said, “Oh none. I had one of those special cars, but I hated driving it. Now, I will forever love my truck.”
“Then how exactly do you drive?”
He smiled and said, “Like this!”
Then he put his left foot on the brake, shifted into drive with his right foot, moved the right foot to the steering wheel, gave it some gas and hollered “Thanks again boys!” as he sped away…driving perfectly by the way.
Pete and I made it to the bar and had some bourbons.
I raised a glass and said, “Adapt and overcome.”
Pete said, “Cheers and always put your best foot forward!”
We didn’t remember to talk to them about the coasters.
Now this occurred many years ago, long before people videoed everything with their phones, but it did look something like this if you are curious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbTRuNMh5rM
Man, Pete was getting sick of the “devil” jokes, but I just could not stop. I’m not proud.
We were making our way to a local bar to see if we could sell them some Hopper-Inc coasters when I spotted an office supply store and insisted we stop in.
“Crap, not this again. Can’t you wait until we get to Manilla. Their file folders are way better than anything in Tasmania.” said Pete.
Some people like poking around hardware stores, I liked office supply stores. It goes back to having worked in one for many years.
“I just want to see if the Tasmanian supplies are any different,” I said.
“They are,” said Pete, “they flush down the toilet counterclockwise.”
Just then a man asked if we could give him some help getting his packages to his vehicle.
We said, "Sure" and followed him to his truck, carrying his supplies.
As we got to his truck and realized there was nobody waiting for him, we began to get curious…
You see, the man had no arms.
Pete and I loaded his packages.
As he got in the driver’s seat and thanked us I, politely as I could, asked what the modifications were to the car that allowed him to drive.
He said, “Oh none. I had one of those special cars, but I hated driving it. Now, I will forever love my truck.”
“Then how exactly do you drive?”
He smiled and said, “Like this!”
Then he put his left foot on the brake, shifted into drive with his right foot, moved the right foot to the steering wheel, gave it some gas and hollered “Thanks again boys!” as he sped away…driving perfectly by the way.
Pete and I made it to the bar and had some bourbons.
I raised a glass and said, “Adapt and overcome.”
Pete said, “Cheers and always put your best foot forward!”
We didn’t remember to talk to them about the coasters.
Now this occurred many years ago, long before people videoed everything with their phones, but it did look something like this if you are curious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbTRuNMh5rM
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