*sits in socks & skivies, lightly swats the tv, speaks in soft and very practiced quiet low growling tone* "Saturday morning old school violent and down right not politically correct cartoons you silly git!" *goes grrr*
"Hm, bet I can't get it to tune in Marxx Brothers, Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, either"
*starts picking up the throw pillows and gently tossing them about at random*
*looks up noting people, snorts, gets up and ducks into another room, returns with some sweat shorts on* "Razzafrazzing cursed useless Saturdays any more. I tell you they need to bring back our toons."
"Toons taught us everything, man. For instance we learned the laws of physics from Willi E. Coyote & Roadrunner. We learned all the ways a piano could fall from ten stories from Rocky & Bullwinkle."
"Most of all we learned, ..."
"Here I come to save the day! Mighty Mouse!"
"that our world needs heroes no matter how small."
"Yeah, then you grow up and you're told you're too small to be a hero. Go figure."
Cartoons & slapstick comedy taught me life isn't fair. They also taught me if you're having fun and can laugh, that unfairness doesn't matter. The world can be better if only you laugh at it, and yourself at times. F**k sake, no one gets out alive or so is said. I'll exclude those of us who died and returned here, we're always an exception. So laugh because its a cosmic joke.
Can't laugh, better go unf**k yaself. The world she a bury you in ya own sh*t if ya no laugh and take her as a joke.
Speaking of which, ...
Had been working as a substitute for one guy at our city HS. I was working with his & my buddy Ear--- Wednesday, Thursday. Friday I was called to work as Kat---. That meant I wasn't working as Cor---.
Got to the HS office. Asked the secretary half jokingly, "can I put two work order numbers down, work both spots open, get paid for both?"
Oh she got nasty. "Well Cor--- is working. There's no call off for him. You're here to work as Kat--, you'll only be paid for working as Kat--- so do only that. You're not getting paid, ...Oh well yes Cor-- is called off, it come up just now. How did you? .."
"Ear--- told me he called Thursday night, said his daughter was still sick, needed another day out."
"Well you'll only use ONE job number and ONLY get paid for doing ONE job. So go be Kat---, ONLY!"
"Yes'm. May I have the sub keys now so as to get to my work?"
Again the world bent around me. Everyone in that office went silent. I heard the thoughts though. "Oh no! He just didn't. But um, he did ...oh shi..."
"Okay Ben, yes here's keys you may use. Be sure, ..."
"To put them back in the second drawer on the left hand side as I set looking at your desk from your seat?"
"You sit in my chair?"
"Yes'm, no one is here and I only do so momentarily. I don't answer phones, or take notes."
"Yes, yes Ben put the keys back, thank you. Have a good day working."
"Yes'm." *turned and walked out*
I did Kat---'s work in about 2 hours, usually takes her 8 but I condensed and skipped just a little. (It takes her 8 hours because she's the kind what drags the work out to "ride" the clock. I'm the do a good job effectively, efficently, move to the next job type.)The main thrust of the work got done though and I did get a client "sign off". Then, I went down and did Cor---'s job, helped Ear--- go clean up after the football game.
Told Ear-- I was going to come help him for two reasons. He had treated me good, and it was unexpected, not expected. I had no obligation. But, I have a team. My team knows respect, helping one another. Coor--'s job seemed to drag on. Still got it done in time. I did actually leave at 11 as per schedule.
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ETA: Usually, Kat--'s job runs me 4 hours. I checked the weight room she vacuums the rubber mat floor in. It didn't appear the weight room had seen any serious use for a week. The floor appeared very clean. I didn't bother.
I didn't spot mop, or fully mop the agriculture building either. It was swept, trash out, mats were vacuumed. Bathrooms cleaned and stocked. The one teacher there understood my desire to work the "split" job. He said it was fine as he knew with the game on, people would be in and out of the building until late night
That's why it only took two hours. Me and Ear--- seemed to have some minor issues with our cell phones at the annex building. I phoned my wife just to see if that aspect worked. It did. Ear--- told me and by extension my wife I didn't need to come work at the annex, he had only asked. I told him he knew I would without even needing to ask.
He chuckled and nodded. We realized we had the "same cloth run through us". Both of us have worked with a few of the old school crew there as well at other work. He understood my doing the "unexpected" too. What are they going to do, fire me for "getting" my team "over"? As was originally said in 'Nam, "f**k 'em they can't take a joke."
And yeah, I'm the type of guy ...
Shortly after this scene is another. The Spartan character confers with Brass on running an operation. He says he'll need $5,000 in cash. A finance sectary approaches with clipboard "Sign this and here's your money."
"Sign for me."
The Spartan character through the movie is called Bob, Robert, John, Jim. There's no accurate rank given to him. He's gone beyond having a need of ranked. Figure his last official rank was colonel, In his position he's a "Nobody", one of the few crew that "Nobody does everything."
Find myself being relegated to being nobody too. I'm often going around doing nothing but everything. I don't sign stuff, I don't answer phones, talk on radios, people send secretaries & envoys to find me, convey what needs done in the immediate. I go and do, then keep on going and doing.
The "bosses" cannot keep up with me, nor can their secretaries, but the secretaries are paid to locate and message me. I laugh as the teachers in the schools tell me, "I never see you around but I know you're right there." I often retort with "Yes, I'm everywhere and nowhere, that's my job."
Yeah, too small to be a hero, yet if I let up in the least the world crumbles. Go figure that, too. *chuckles*
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So yeah, it was funny Friday night.
) but you know what I mean. 
's coming your way. 
