Larry. he runs the local comic shop and has been running every competitor out of business for forty years.
his business strategy? sit on the couch and chill.
he has an ungodly amount of stories, knows people from every walk of life and a great memory and the charisma to tell those stories that he experienced or was just told about.
I used to work with this old guy named Mel in my early twenties at a graveyard job in a cold storage warehouse doing freight handling. He would bike to work 20 km down a dark highway to get to our shift at 1 am, he owned a car just preferred to bike, which I respect. This guy was in his 70s, consumed nothing but a cheese sandwich for lunch, coffee, and smoked heavily. Despite this he was in seemingly great shape and was fastest, hardest worker in the whole place. At Christmas time we would unload 20 lbs boxes of mandarin oranges from 53 foot trailers packed top to bottom, front to back onto pallets, this guy would go faster by himself than two people. He always said it's just about the technique and how you position your body.
I knew him in my early twenties before going back to school and he was the only person at that job with a brain so we talked a lot about space and technology and all that. I moved away for school so it's been like 13 years since I last saw him so I wouldn't be surprised if he's dead given his age and how much he smoked but I always wondered what happened to him and if he's still kicking around. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this guy made it to 100.
He does sound very interesting!
I read his feat of unloading the truck and I was like "yeah, I mean, that's not too crazy", then I realized you didn't mention him using a forklift.
Yeah, no, to save space they didn't come on pallets, we would have to load them onto pallets and get them off the truck. Not sure who had the worse job, me or the Chinese guy on the other end losing the truck.
I met a scientist researching rust and the rust process. It was a little over my head but if you find new tools being sold that don't rust, I'm sure it will be her doing.
There’s a lady I work with who seems to have an unlimited amount of cheer, not in a superficial annoying way, but just a genuinely funny, cheery person. She just lights up every person she meets. We work in a big droll, open office environment, so we can hear her from across the way all the time, it’s probably like the one shining beacon of light in our office right now. Just given the general state of the world, people like that are so refreshing to be around.
Not someone I worked with or really knew, so doesn't really fit this overall question. But I used to come across a man that your post reminded me of. He worked at a fast food place. Probably in his 40's. Looked like he had been through some stuff in life. But just always so damn nice, polite and friendly. It was beyond any service I've had through a drive thru. After a couple times I told him how awesome I thought he and his attitude and service were. And he lit up and said life is what you make of it my friend. Turned out it was just a second job for him to make a little extra money, but he sure acted like it was the best job in the world and it was his job to be pleasant to everyone.
Bill
No one, and I get it. Get interest if you are interesting or minimally valid. If you don't have a job, a family and your interests is just stay here... well, you're fucked, I am and now I can only accept it
Would it be cheating if I said a relative?
Unless they're famous, I don't see why that wouldn't count.
My grandfather. "Fought" the Imperial Japanese as a boy by volunteering to help look for their hideouts, a hobby he introduced to friends of mine who in turn turned it into a pastime of cave exploration. Moved to America, began a bed and breakfast type of thing like nothing ever happened. Most knowledgeable family member I know and never have I ever had an argument with him, ever. Lived long enough to see me graduate plus three years.
Not at all.
Most of my friends are kind of interesting and unique. I don't really hang out with people who are NPCs or boring. What would I have to talk about with them?
A more thought provoking question for me would be which boring people I know. Some stereotypical 'beer, BBQ and cars' guys come to mind. I couldn't live my life only doing work and those boring-ass hobbies. They're not even real cooks or car mechanics, they just like to grill cheap meat drenched in marinade and own an expensive car and talk about it!
Totally agree that is boring.
