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About three weeks ago, I noticed that my vehicle at work had suddenly sprouted a plant.
Somehow, a tiny little seed must have washed into the body gap between the fender and driver's door, and sometime later, out popped a little sprig of green, about the size of a parsley garnish on your plate at a restaurant.
I left the thing alone, figuring it would soon succumb to the constant wind/rock wash going over it as I drove around town.
Nope, it not only hung on, but continued to look pretty healthy, even might have grown a bit...
I decided to not touch it, just to see how long I could keep it going
I even added a new column to the daily check-in sheet to account for it, "headlights: OK" "turn signals: OK" "Driver's Side Plant: needs water"
Well, the fun ended this week, as it suddenly and inexplicably, wilted and died over the weekend.
Seemed a pretty fast demise, as you'd expect something like that to take a while to slowly peter out and shrivel as it runs out of food/water. Turns out there was a reason for it's rapid demise, it was a HERBICIDE!
Randy admitted to me that when he got weed-killing detail over the weekend, spraying down the lot to kill the greenery that poked up this summer, he decided to kill my plant, just to "piss me off"
How could you? It never did anything to you!
So, after stewing for the afternoon, I decided to not get mad, but get even.
I now have, in my possession, a plastic shopping bag from the local crafts store, containing $40 worth of fake flowers.
Someone's car is about to get re-decorated while he's out on the road.
Somehow, a tiny little seed must have washed into the body gap between the fender and driver's door, and sometime later, out popped a little sprig of green, about the size of a parsley garnish on your plate at a restaurant.
I left the thing alone, figuring it would soon succumb to the constant wind/rock wash going over it as I drove around town.
Nope, it not only hung on, but continued to look pretty healthy, even might have grown a bit...
I decided to not touch it, just to see how long I could keep it going
I even added a new column to the daily check-in sheet to account for it, "headlights: OK" "turn signals: OK" "Driver's Side Plant: needs water"
Well, the fun ended this week, as it suddenly and inexplicably, wilted and died over the weekend.
Seemed a pretty fast demise, as you'd expect something like that to take a while to slowly peter out and shrivel as it runs out of food/water. Turns out there was a reason for it's rapid demise, it was a HERBICIDE!
Randy admitted to me that when he got weed-killing detail over the weekend, spraying down the lot to kill the greenery that poked up this summer, he decided to kill my plant, just to "piss me off"
How could you? It never did anything to you!
So, after stewing for the afternoon, I decided to not get mad, but get even.
I now have, in my possession, a plastic shopping bag from the local crafts store, containing $40 worth of fake flowers.
Someone's car is about to get re-decorated while he's out on the road.
I AM the evil bastard!
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