mmmmmmmm, bacon
Here's the thing though, changing the topic, I was just having the most random of thoughts.
My first job after crapping out of university was in a pharmaceutical warehouse and the boss was this guy with a very thick Irish accent. He was showing me the ropes in shipping/receiving.
I remember one time we couldn't find some inventory so he said we needed the "evasive shipment" and he said I should find it and bring it to him.
So I walked out of his office scratching my head. Like if I could find the shipment, then there wouldn't be a problem. It's like when you lose something and someone asks where you left it. If I knew that, it wouldn't be lost.
But an
evasive shipment? What did that mean? The shipment was watching me and whenever I got close, it would go hide somewhere else? Why would a shipment do that? Why would a shipment be evasive?
And given that a shipment is being evasive, what action does the alert warehouseman take to reign it in?
I wandered around the warehouse puzzling over that one for quite some time. Finally there was no choice but to go back to Vic Downey and admit my cluelessness and ask him to clarify my mission.
Turns out it was all a misunderstanding relating to his accent. He was not saying "evasive shipment" he was saying "advice of shipment" which is a document like a waybill.
We laughed long and hard and would frequently recall it and laugh during the time we worked together.
Good times.