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Seventeenth Job of Bob - Farm, Hardware, Retail, Auto Service Part III - chauvinism, assistant rube, crazy Tim
This entry was posted on 6/19/2008 12:39 PM and is filed under Jobs of Bob.
I remember the lady in charge of Automotive Retail was alway ticked off because the old farmers and just old men in general would always ask for a male clerk. I always pointed to her and said, "talk to the department boss, she will know what you want." The old men would always wince and wander over to her work stand.
After I transferred into the automotive repair shop, some of my more colorful experiences were burned into my memory. There was a fellow named Tiny Tim. He looked like a miniature Bob Denver from the 1960s Gilligan's Island TV show. His curly hair flopped out from under his ball cap. Little Tim had a big heart but he was a part-time mad-man. Tiny Tim had a fiery temper. About once a week at noon-time Tiny Tim would swear and throw his tools and quit. Projectile expletives would fire from his mouth as he marched off in yet another tirade. After lunch he would always return.
One day in particular, Tiny Tim went on one of his Tim-esque rants. They were usually directed at the perennial assistant manager named Pat. Pat was a likable albeit often annoying bear-like rube. He refused to take the often vacant shop manager position. Pat was not as dumb as everyone thought. He never got mad at Jim in return for Tim's verbal abuse. Tiny Tim flailed his arms, threw his tools in his box, cursed Pat and the shop, and started stomping for the door in yet another quiting episode. Pat looked up and said, "Tim, as long as your headed that way, roll this tire up to the office so the customer can pick it up." Tiny Tim's face caught fire, he cursed Pat in three languages, and his head came close to spinning around and flying right off."
When I came back from lunch, Little Tim was back as always repairing some muffler with the torch as sparks rained down on him from under some car on the hoist. Little Tim - wonder where you are now?
Wisconsin military service person of the week
This week's Wisconsin soldier to remember is Second Lieutenant Jeremy L. Wolfe, 27, of Menomonie. Wolfe was killed in the U.S. military's worst single loss of life at that stage of the war since the Iraqi war began. Seventeen 101st Airborne Division soldiers, including Wolfe, died Saturday night November 15, 2003 when two helicopters collided and crashed in the northern city of Mosul. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were from the 101st Airborne Division. Jeremy was attached to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. This was the same crash that killed Army Sergeant Warren S. Hansen, 36 of Clintonville and Army Specialist Eugene A. Uhl III, 21, of Amherst who were Daily Dadio's honored Wisconsin soldiers in the previous two weeks. Lieutenant Jeremy L. Wolfe became Wisconsin's eighth military service person to die in Iraq.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
84,099 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
8,301 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,085 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
505 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
312 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
306 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
30,143 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1,992 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
90 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
10 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
127 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
15 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Soldier of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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