been a while since he penned a pensee

 

obelisk ?

smooth and shiny  ?

it slips in and out and in

chosen from a gleaming array

licked  like a lollipop

434preferred,  Thursday,  3  3. 22

no one repoed furniture like he did

                                   he went to the head of a line that didnt exist because the other employees were keen on the idea

he propositioned his boss who also owned the company and therefore had skin in the game

skin is not brains

he told him they he wanted him to recognise they had similar ambitions for the company they would either repossess the furniture recover lost revenue through small claims court or at the very least toss red flags on credit standings of those who crossed them that would come back and bite them in the ass down the road

                                                                                     he said  Revenge is a dish best served cold

boss swung and missed that too

as he succeeded his coworkers became peeved

                                                 why was he getting more vacation time than they when he arrived late to the game

  more  not brains

unbeknownst to them he negotiated that rather than take money for his timeFREE his boss must have thought let him think that hed otherwise accrue time and a half for repossessions as long as he repossessed the furnitureFREE his boss must have thought again

he used the time and a half for vacations pulled it out against sick time  or not and when he stayed home with his sick kids while his wife was gone on business trips

prior to pulling the trigger on repos he insisted an innocuous line be included in the furniture rental application and agreement it required the description of their vehicle/s and license plate number/s

                                                                                        most people who rented furniture lived in apartments

also prior and ongoing he negotiated access to apartments through small apartment managers and larger property management companies he explained enabling repossessions were mutually advantageous

                                                                                                 Frankly if they withhold payments from me eventually theyll become problematic to your concerns  he knew the hoops theyd have to jump through to evict a tenant You might think of it as soft power  Leverage  

often he got keys

                  when he didnt he either arrived very early in the morning and park the moving truck directly behind the described vehicles – they were going to be very late to work – or if they parked elsewheresecreted their vehicle  he relied on his keen memory for faces the iffy ones particularly the ones he waxed intently Understand me Im also responsible for collections if they hit a rough patch he was willing to work things out

                                                                             after they left their apartment  he might suppose  he aah  broke and entered B & E which looks cooler with tools his father gave to him as he was taking an At Home Through the Mail locksmith course for when he retired

                                                                 he was none to please with him that he used them for

. . their practical application he said that  . . practical application

I am being practical Dad I told them if they couldnt talk with me after I strenuously had insisted they did they werent keeping their furniture

unsaid he was also powerfully incentivised

                                               when his wife was out of town he took his baby girl on repossessions she usually slept through the whole adventure in a purple and pink polkadotted travel bassinet that he secreted in the passenger foot well

she became an utterly remarkable rabbits foot

when she was with him he successfully repoed onehunred percent

          thinking back on it now

                                  not so smartnot a good idea

he was a repoman second to none damn near legendary in his mind

when his boss called a halt to his repos he told him the company wouldnt get another  the clowns in the warehouse didnt have his chutzpah

                            they didnt succeed again

2300,  Twosday,  22  2. 22

1222,  Thursday,  3  3. 22