The Kent Effect

[skullard]

I shit you not.

Last week a new pick-up was added to my route, so I'm the "new guy" for these people.  When I went to pick up the packages on Monday this week, a part-timer was at the counter with a couple of customers.  I had to make a couple trips back and forth to get all the packages, walking around her each time.  Once I'd loaded up, I walked

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[weelisa]

Wow, I'm so glad I'm not involved in any sort of service industry because I just know the day would happen when I would completely lose my shite in the face of such stupidity.

Someone should tell temp worker and boss lady that the days of crawling and groveling are ovah. I bet you don't even have a forelock you could grab - you Commie-Bolshie, you!

Nevermind Superman, I guess I should be less sceptical about Shakespeare and all of those plays where women dress up as men with absolutely no danger of detection" "Hi, I'm Viola...er...Bob...you new smooth-faced, sweet-smelling page! Nice to meet ya."

[skullard]

I can't say I haven't lost my shite a few times m'self on this job, and I've always paid for it later. You'd be surprised and most likely disappointed to see how many people still think it's fine to spit on those of lower societal rank. Because my uniform makes me look like a gas attendant, there's those people who want to treat me like one. Luckily, the majority of the masses smile, make small talk, and don't judge.

Back in Will's day, when all the ladies were played by boys, I guess the deception was easier to pull off. Now you have to be Hillary Swank to pull off such a thing.

[nothingbroken]

I was thinking about this story again this morning. Do you think stupid part-timer went to boss boss-lady and said 'Guess what? We have a new delivery guy now, and he's WAY nicer!"

And then do you think maybe bossy-boss will take stupid part-timer's word for it and think you're new, too?

Because that would be super awesome.

I love this story.

[houndofcullin]

You have the best stories Skullard.

[skullard]

Cheers, bro. That's the one fun thing about working with the public: every so often someone acts goofy and I get to write about it.

[sub_musashi]

OMG! How often do you get the opportunity to field-test one of the fundamental assumptions of a comic book universe? I know I haven't done it since I tried to mutate myself.

I always love you stories, man.

[skullard]

There's never an untested syrum or irradiated bug around when you need one, is there? I never made it to mutation, but in the second grade I tried to acquire electro-magnetic powers by swallowing those little magnets from the plastic letters that go on the refridgerator. They were absolute buggers to pry out, but I was determined to use my powers for good.

[weelisa]

MAGNET MAN!

The best supernames are alliterative, by the way...

[skullard]

Ronald Regan, Jesse James, Marilyn Matlin, Bill Bixby, Michael Moore . . . it's a mixed bag with real names, but supermonikers do benefit from alliteration. Just ask the Blue Beetle.