It Was A Dark and Stormy Night
Posted on | October 31, 2006 | No Comments
It was a dark and stormy night. Seems Snoopy always knows how to begin a story. I am not quite as talented as Snoopy though and since I cannot find the perfect beginning, lets start in the middle.
I do quite well as long as I don’t think about it. It seems though, that as long as I am in daily contact with my friend I cannot avoid the thoughts that pop into my head. Many good thoughts, especially of the days of newly founded friendship. Very few sad thoughts – not until recently.
The illness is very strange. It’s appears fatal. Of course I have not been told that there is even a disease and I certainly have not been told that my friend may die. In fact my friend knows nothing of the symptoms and has not a clue that anything is wrong. I have on two occasions mentioned it to my friend. I tried my best to do it in a casual manner so as not to give rise to any emotion that would cause my friend to sever our relationship.  I think I was much too casual.
I don’t think I am wrong. I think I am watching the progress of a lingering illness that results in death. What really saddens me is that it looks like the disease is effecting just one organ that may poison the whole body.
Now here is where my story gets a little wierd. I have communicated with the diseased organ. Wierd, huh? But I have. I am concerned with my friends health and made the effort to communicate with what I think is the particular component of this living body that is slowly killing the rest of the body and therefore, eventually, itself. Our communication is very much like the “talking to a stone wall” bit you have heard before.
I have not mentioned it but you may benefit from knowing that I perform certain tasks for my friend. It is a source of income for both of us, my friend and myself. Basically, my friend solicits business, does much of the paperwork and probably a lot of things I do not know about. I just do what I call “field work” and report the results back to my friend. Now don’t let ideas start running around in your head. Yes, I do benefit from this relationship but I sincerely care for this friend. It is not only a business relationship. In fact I receive less assignments from my friend as time goes on. But I still care about my friend. It will be a sad day for many, not just myself, if my friend does become ill or pass on.
Since I have broken the flow already let me do it again. I know that most of you reading this blog do so in order to get an idea of what the field services business is like. I apologize if you think my tale is off subject. Its not. Just stay with me. When you are in this business, you can spend a lot of time driving; actually I like “riding around” better. You have plenty of opportunity to think!
OK. Back on track now. While out doing my “field work” today, I picked up my cell phone and called my friend. I did not mention the suspected disease or the affected organ. We had a nice conversation talking about a couple of web sites I am working on. I told my friend how I thought one of the sites would really help the business. I made an offer and I was told that my offer would be considered. Though we are friends, my friend cannot make quick decisions. It’s as if there are others components to consult.
My family is involved in this ordeal as well. On occassion the diseased part will send out notices that convince all of us at the disease is progressing. The latest notice accused me of making an error. To let you know how this disease effects the body listen to this. The notice said that although I had reported the same condition six times and even had witnesses, the infected organ argued that I was wrong and it must be true because one other person on one occassion reported a different condition.
My entire family re-visited the subject of concern. We obtained photographs and a signature from someone on site but there has been no response to our latest attempt to console my friend. We have finally identified the diseased organ. It has a strange name; Quality Control.
I will try to keep you informed.
Do not look at this business short term. If you do, you will say that I lost money today, which I probably did. Total for the two jobs was $50. Of course I made hundreds of dollars last week.
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