We always enjoy a good hypothetical here at Tales from the Road, don't we? Let's suppose that you have a Swedish buddy named Sjoe who shows up in these stories every now and then (for some unknown reason). Maybe Sjoe has a friend who lives in Lima, Ohio. Setting aside the odd geographical implications of staying in Peru last night and visiting with a friend from Lima tonight... Sjoe's friend in Lima was taking her daughter to a birthday party near the truck stop in Beaverdam. Always the facilitator, you decide to spend the night in Beaverdam so that Sjoe can visit with his friend. They go out for dinner and, since the birthday party isn't over yet, stop for a couple of drinks. Sjoe happens to notice that the bartender is smoking hot and somewhat flirtatious. Given that there is nothing of a romantic nature between Sjoe and his friend from Lima, what is the proper etiquette concerning the smoking hot bartender? Ignore the fact that he's there with a lady friend or keep his mouth shut and behave himself?
Yeah, I'm at the truck stop in Beaverdam and the bartender is wherever she is. Not sure how you're supposed to play that one, but apparently Sjoe wasn't in the mood to test the waters. Such a wimp, or a gentleman, or something.
The trip from Peru to Beaverdam was a little over 300 miles, meaning that I've only left 150 miles to the consignee. I'm due in New Philadelphia at 1am on Tuesday, so... guess I'm hanging here for a while.
I'll vote for the gentleman.
ReplyDeleteVery charitable of you, indeed.
ReplyDeleteTell your friend Sjoe that a friend of mine had a couple of beers one night. The next morning at a Kentucky weigh station a officer said I detect an odor of alchol on you. He only blew a point 002 but was detained for 12 hours,not arrested but not allowed to leave the station.Of course the company say no humor in this and dispatched him to West Memphis and seperated him from his truck.
ReplyDeleteOh, the Swede is a big dumb animal, but he's not the lawbreaking type. Even if we allow for the possibility that his two drinks contained alcohol (which some may have inferred but nobody wrote), he was staying in Beaverdam until tonight. Damn near 24 hours of down time. Squeaky clean system by the time he went wherever he was going.
ReplyDeleteNo contraband in the truck, no consumption within 12 hours of working, 0.000 on the good old BAC... all those company policies that would apply if he worked for my employer are good too.
Joe, you do know that hot women are nothing but trouble, right? They also tend to have insane ex's that never disappear. Tell Sjoe to run the other direction... fast.
ReplyDeleteOh, I could author a few books on hot women and the trouble that they cause. At the end of the day though, I think even you would have to admit... it can be such sweet, sweet trouble.
ReplyDeleteI think that Sjoe should have taken the bait, and the friend would have probably laughed.
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Oh, she would have had a chuckle without question. She's a pretty easy-going gal. We're dealing with questions of larger importance though. What would Ann Landers say?
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