There is a sucker born every minute!

And suckers produce suckers...

Having someone who is up to a good challenge is quite entertaining to have around sometimes!

To say that Rob loves a challenge would be an understatement! Being a sucker and loving a challenge could present a challenge of its own. Someone smart would say it could be a benefit to everyone around him. Let me illustrate (without illustrations)...

Rob has become somewhat of a legend at work. He can down stack the freight load in unheard of speeds. He can also throw a whole isle in record breaking time. Because he is the manager of a shift with a huge turnaround, there are many new faces on his crew each month who beg to see this legend. The conversations usually go a little something like this:


Robert to peon, punk employee: Uh, could you speed it up a little. You don't have all night.

New punk employee in the voice of Eeyore(he is quite a legend in and of himself): I'm going as fast as I can. Why don't you try going any faster.

Bonnie(I'm not really physically there in this conversation): If you really knew who you were talking to, you would not have just said that!

Robert (with a "get real look"): Are you serious?!? This is the Speedo Freightido Bandito you're talking to. I hold the record in all down stacking, freight throwing, facing and overhead detail!

Employee that has worked there for more than a month: Yeah, Robert could throw your whole isle and have it cleaned up in 1 hour!

{insert picture of a grocery store isle with 400 cases down the middle}

New punk employee(with a laugh starting in his belly): Oh, I would really like to see that. (then in is taunting voice)Maybe we should bring the enquirer in just so it can be documented in all the grocery stores all around! (Then he put on HIS "get real" look that was pretty convincing for a punk kid) There's NOBODY that can throw that fast!

{At this point all employees that were once the new punk employee, were gathering around for the grand show.}

Bonnie the Narrator: Now this is where Robert can't help himself. He is going to have to put that punk kid in his place right? Not only is Rob going to prove that he can throw that whole isle in 1 hour. He wants to make sure this kid (and all the others watching, who at one point were already made aware of the super powers that he possesses) will never underestimate him again. There is a bet made. Money (not much) and goods are thrown in the pot and the timer starts (as the rest of the 15+ employees watch on). In less than 3 hours Robert has successfully done what no other human being is capable of. He has thrown each and every isle, cleaned up the boxes and trash left behind from such speed, faced the isles, AND worked the over heads. He even beat his old record of 3 hours and 15 minutes!

15+ employees and the new punk employee: Wow! Yeah Rob, you are the Speedo Freigtido Bandito! Whoo hoo Rob! Yeah you did it again. We always knew you rocked! Here, take this, you deserve it.

Bonnie the narrator: They hand over the pot and not having anything else to do for the night, walk away to clock out.

15+ employees to the new punk employee: You see my man, that's how it's done!

Bonnie the narrator: The last statement made by the employees could be taken many ways. Were they educating the punk employee? OR where they so impressed with Rob that they wanted to see it again and again and again? Why are there so many new punk employees?

I'm beginning to think they are smarter than Rob thinks!