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Self sighting - I go bump in the night!
So, I deliver newspapers. It's 3am, it's dark, there's a few weirdos and drunks out, and I'm chucking papers at houses/apartments. Sometimes, I hit windows. Sometimes, the paper lands on something that goes crash. Sometimes, it's noisier than I intend. Now, I don't intend to spook people, but it happens.
Most recent one
This customer lives on a second-floor apartment. There's a good-sized landing in front, so I just toss it on there from the sidewalk. I try not to hit the windows but...
On this particular morning, the customer was actually awake and doing something in her kitchen. I toss the paper, it hits the window, and the customer whips around. It's dark out, so she can't really see anything. She ducked behind her kitchen island, and then slowly started to creep towards the door. She was meekly poking her head out the door as I drove off. Oops.
Oldie but goodie
Another customer, another second-floor apartment. I frequently noticed him studying late at night. His desk with his computer was right up against the window.
One morning, I accidentally hit the window, and with pretty good force, too. He [I]jumped/I]!!! I swear, he had at least a good three feet of air!
I did hit his window a few more times while he was at his computer, but only received a mildly startled reaction henceforth.
Ready to take me on
This customer has a house a good 40 feet down from the road....I mean down. As in, I stand up by the road, and toss it down in front of their garage. If I'm running a bit late, I sometimes catch them leaving for work.
They had their garage open, and were getting ready, and I tossed the paper down. It landed with a nice thud, and the guy comes running out of his garage with his arms up like he's looking for a fight, and he starts looking around for what made the noise! Then he saw the paper, picked it up, looked up, saw me, waved, and I waved back. I'd hate to think what would've happened if I'd been less lazy and had actually gone down there to deliver that paper...
Trevor Bruttenholm: "There are things that go bump in the night... make no mistake." Yeah, ME!!!!!!!!!
Most recent one
This customer lives on a second-floor apartment. There's a good-sized landing in front, so I just toss it on there from the sidewalk. I try not to hit the windows but...
On this particular morning, the customer was actually awake and doing something in her kitchen. I toss the paper, it hits the window, and the customer whips around. It's dark out, so she can't really see anything. She ducked behind her kitchen island, and then slowly started to creep towards the door. She was meekly poking her head out the door as I drove off. Oops.
Oldie but goodie
Another customer, another second-floor apartment. I frequently noticed him studying late at night. His desk with his computer was right up against the window.
One morning, I accidentally hit the window, and with pretty good force, too. He [I]jumped/I]!!! I swear, he had at least a good three feet of air!
I did hit his window a few more times while he was at his computer, but only received a mildly startled reaction henceforth.
Ready to take me on
This customer has a house a good 40 feet down from the road....I mean down. As in, I stand up by the road, and toss it down in front of their garage. If I'm running a bit late, I sometimes catch them leaving for work.
They had their garage open, and were getting ready, and I tossed the paper down. It landed with a nice thud, and the guy comes running out of his garage with his arms up like he's looking for a fight, and he starts looking around for what made the noise! Then he saw the paper, picked it up, looked up, saw me, waved, and I waved back. I'd hate to think what would've happened if I'd been less lazy and had actually gone down there to deliver that paper...
Trevor Bruttenholm: "There are things that go bump in the night... make no mistake." Yeah, ME!!!!!!!!!
(If anyone is wondering, I'd rigged up some wooden blocks that would rub against the solid rubber tires. Crude, but effective enough to stop the thing from rolling on hills!)
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