We were building the likes of sundry small stuff such as CVS drugstores in the Florida humidity and frankly it was quite a comedown. One particularly tropical day the crew broke for lunch and as we all sat in our favorite shady spot my cell phone rang…my previous long term employer called to say…
“ Richie…it’s Bob and I’ve just picked up a chunk of work in North Carolina. Money will be good.”
“ Really Boss ? “ I said delighted to hear the news . “ Good money you say? “ and before he could answer I knew I was hooked.
“ Yeah Richie….could be quite a few months .” said Bob and he needn’t have bothered as by now it was more than evident what was about to happen.
“ I’m in “… said I as my foreman sat there next to me hanging on every word and when I hung up he promptly asked…
“ This yer last friggen day ? ”……
“ No Sir , this is my last friggen minute .” was my delighted response
And so I handed my unbitten sandwich to a lunchless laborer and rose to gather my tools and within the promised minute ….I was gone.
