Oct 20, 2008 12:10
It was a nice, quiet morning here downtown. The breeze was blowing in the transom window, birds were singing, there weren't loud motorcycles going by in front of the store or anything. The store didn't even smell like "south american fusion" food from the restaurant next door as it sometimes does on a Monday.
Then the roofers arrived at the building catty-corner across the street.
I've since heard in detail about one dude's hernia, another dude's fat wife who bitches at him all the time, and these gems:
"Fuck you, CHARLIE!" (yelled at a vietnamese man who beeped his horn to let them know he was pulling out to go around their truck)
"I am the speaker and the speaker has spoke!" (said by the foreman when his underlings questioned his authority. That's a W reference so I was kind of amused by that.)
"Damn, that motherfucker is heavy!" (while hauling a load of stuff up to the roof)
Several random shouts of "Whooo!" and "Git er done!"
In case you'd like to be similarly entertained, the company is Richardson Roofing here in Fort Smith.