Friday, February 24, 2006
It's a Giving Thing!
Last week the literary editor was in the same distraught mood as the rest of the MYL staff. In fact, he was so lost in his thoughts that he left a cloth shopping bag on the bus! The bag held two library books (on library science) and a copy of the book the LE has given more often than any other book, though it's not his favorite book (but check out the spacily coincidental name!) On a wing and a prayer, the LE called the Chicago Transit Authority, who referred him to the North Park Garage, who advised him to call back the next day.
"Yeah, we got it" said the lost-n-found dude after the LE gave a detailed description of the contents. "Item 65, it'll be here for 30 days." That Saturday, the LE drove to the North Park Garage. Half the cars in the immense parking lot were beaters. Nobody checked him at the door of the main building. Upon entering the main room, the LE was flooded by Pine Sol. He saw several drivers sitting at a very long table. The perimeter of the room had an assortment of vending machines. One wall had a couple of service windows, and the LE approached one. The woman behind the counter asked him to again describe the contents, which he did. She disappeared for a moment and came back with the bag. However, upon examining its contents the LE found that only the two library books, and the book store bag that contained the gift-intended book, remained - the book was gone!
This would be like Monz losing his Chicken Egg Foo Yung special from China Garden (2 patties on pork fried rice, with the brown sauce kept separate for ultimate control), somebody returning it but taking out the fortune cookies and two soy sauce packs!
Last week the literary editor was in the same distraught mood as the rest of the MYL staff. In fact, he was so lost in his thoughts that he left a cloth shopping bag on the bus! The bag held two library books (on library science) and a copy of the book the LE has given more often than any other book, though it's not his favorite book (but check out the spacily coincidental name!) On a wing and a prayer, the LE called the Chicago Transit Authority, who referred him to the North Park Garage, who advised him to call back the next day.
"Yeah, we got it" said the lost-n-found dude after the LE gave a detailed description of the contents. "Item 65, it'll be here for 30 days." That Saturday, the LE drove to the North Park Garage. Half the cars in the immense parking lot were beaters. Nobody checked him at the door of the main building. Upon entering the main room, the LE was flooded by Pine Sol. He saw several drivers sitting at a very long table. The perimeter of the room had an assortment of vending machines. One wall had a couple of service windows, and the LE approached one. The woman behind the counter asked him to again describe the contents, which he did. She disappeared for a moment and came back with the bag. However, upon examining its contents the LE found that only the two library books, and the book store bag that contained the gift-intended book, remained - the book was gone!
This would be like Monz losing his Chicken Egg Foo Yung special from China Garden (2 patties on pork fried rice, with the brown sauce kept separate for ultimate control), somebody returning it but taking out the fortune cookies and two soy sauce packs!
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