Monday, August 06, 2007

Art of the Trade in the Form of Tools

When Trey had to be on call this weekend I think he understood it to mean that WE were on call. Saturday morning, I hadn't even got out of bed and he was insisting I go with him. "Come on dom, it'll be fun. Come with me. Please."
I caved. "Okay, okay I'll go."

So, there we were at a no name store. I hovered over his shoulder as he worked and occasinaiolly he’d say hand me the thing-a-ma-hopper, which in English means a ratchet or something to that nature.

After we completed the first call, I jokingly said I was an apprentice learning the trade. Not even a minute after that remark I picked up the tool belt and every single thing-a-ma-hopper scattered on the dirty convenient store floor.

So, this weekend I didn't learn the entire trade of HVAC, but I did learn that Trey has a rigid personality when it comes to his tool belt. According to him the placement of the tools are key to an orderly belt.

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