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Could you park my car, I need to   ‘ PLEASE GO TO CASHIER 2’
                                     run, I am late for a meeting’   I smiled at the cashier and said,
                                     This poor guy looked like a rab-  “Monday is a good day to come
                                     bit in head lights, looking back   to the Post Office; great enter-
                                     at his car and then the pay meter   tainment and I didn’t have to
                                     then at his colleague’s car. ‘Cheers  wait too long in the queue!”
                                     mate! I knew I could rely on you’   The cashier looked me dead in
                                     the late office worker shouted.   the eye and said “Try a Wednes-
             ONDAY: 7:00 my enter-   Half hour later OCD guy made   day, Mick with his miniature
        Mtainment starts. Sitting in   it out of the car park…I wonder   poodle comes in and clears the
        the kitchen with my cup of tea   what time he finishes work?   queue”
        and a bacon butty. What? Do not                           “What is so strange about that?”
        judge my heart attack on a plate   was stood in the long post   I asked. The cashier leans over…
        choice of breakfast, it is frigging  I office queue today to return   “The dog is not real”
        Monday!                      an item. This guy in his football
        Anyway, back to the story...My   kit was jumping up and down by   n the train going to work,
        kitchen overlooks the carpark   the exchange bureau waving his  Othis is such a good place to
        and every morning 7;00 on the   20€. ‘Come on! I need this done   chat to people of all walks of life.
        dot ‘he parks his car’. He must be   now!’ There was guy in front of   I sat by the window and waited
        an office worker as he is always   him sorting his holiday money,   for the stranger who was going
        well turned out in his suit, tie   looking quite flustered.   to become by new best friend for
        and highly shined shoes. Well!   Suddenly a fight broke out at the   the next hour or so, if they liked
        They must be very shiny as I can   back of the queue between two   it or not.
        see my face in them from 100   women. Screaming and pulling   My victim sits next to me. He
        yards!                       hair, it sure did remind me of the   is wearing a suit and holds a
        This guy makes my day with his   two feral cats I sometimes hear   briefcase. He is well turned out
        OCD; park the car, lock the car,   fighting over territory outside my   and I am loving the smell of his
        check all doors three times, look   house. The people in the queue   cologne. I decided to go in for
        through every window, check   started to leave, I have no idea   the kill.
        the boot is locked. Unlock car   why as this was free entertain-  “Hi, who are you and what is you
        to lock it again and repeat three   ment.                 line of work?”
        times. Then off he walks out of   Then the football chap started   “I am Neil and I am an account-
        the carpark, looking over his   to headbutt the glass screaming   ant”…. I got my book out and
        shoulder to check if the car has   and ranting about the wait. Well,    started to read.
        suddenly unlocked itself and   I didn’t know which was more
        an opportunist has sped off in   entertaining so started to watch it
        his beloved brum brum’…To-   like I would tennis. My head was
        day however, I had double the   flicking from left to right then
        fun because his work colleague   security got involved and my
        turned up and shouted out ‘Hey!   Monday entertainment was over.



        A couple of Funnies from John Sullivan (Sully)






























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