Monday, December 05, 2005

My days are numbered

Every day is more and more numbers, so many of them it's mind boggling. Ever wonder what it would be like with no established numerical system, I have and it would be impossible to get by. I wake up in the at 6, get ready and go catch the 401 bus at 7 take it to down town and get off on 100th street and 101 Ave, walk down 102 Ave to 101 street to catch the 9 at 7:30. Then I get to school and walk to the tower, walk up 4 flights of stairs to locker 41106 and spin in 3 more numbers into the combination lock to open it up. Mondays I walk up 1 more flight of stairs to class 509 for computers where I have to enter in a password with more numbers to get on. After, I walk down to my locker, put in the combination, and grab the rest of the books I'll need for the day. The day finishes and again I catch the 9 to go downtown and get off on 101 street and 103 Ave, then walk down 102 Ave to get to 100 street to catch the 401 to get back home. If I work I have to spin in the combination to the safe, pull out a tray and count money until I have the right amount. I would go out and someone could buy a 6-pack for 11.19 and pay with a 20, I'd have to give them 8.81 change and send them on their way. Then I'd return to putting away the order where I have to count each case that is assigned a certain number to identify it and keep track of how many bottles I put in the back. Later I may have to count how much beer is on the rack so I can out the right amount in, 12, 15, and 18 pack cans can have 19 on the rack but if they're turn sideways they can only have 9, 7 and 6 respectively. 12 pack bottles can have 9 or 12 depending on how they're turned, and flats can have 6 with four 6-packs each. Big rock is different, it can only have 18 six-packs of bottles because they're bigger...Or was it 20 because they're smaller. The night of work ends and again I count my tray, and count that which I have left over to see how much I made in the night. After that I go home, go to bed, and do it all over again the next day.

-Matt
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