Dark Shadows Truck Drivers...

[Robot_Quentin]

This would only be of mild interest to people in this DS community... Slightly humorous. So I thought I'd share...

I work for a logistics/delivery company here in Houston. At the moment we have an employment ad running for drivers. Basically for 3 different types of positions. Pickup truck, flatbed truck or 18-wheeler. The response calls that come in are routed to the appropriate department depending on what type of vehicle they have. To save time for the receptionist I (being the genius that I am) devised an easy way to route the calls to the appropriate department based on who the caller asks for. i.e. the names in the ad according to vehicle type.

For pickup trucks they ask for Grayson. For flatbeds they ask for Jamison. For 18-wheelers they ask for Quentin...

So basically throughout the day echoing through the warehouse you hear, "Quentin you have a call on line 4!!!" or "Jamison you have two lines holding!!!" It just gives me a chuckle when I hear that because those are fairly unusual names anyway...

I could only imagine hearing "Victor Fenn-Gibbon line 2!" I tried to keep it as simple as possible while still secretly prolonging the joke. A couple of people here know where the names are from, but most are totally oblivious.

Call count for this week:  Grayson-65 calls, Jamison-32 calls, Quentin-28 calls.

On a serious note, the economy seems to be picking up that's why we need more drivers. Probably half of the calls though are from people who are out of work that used to work in other industries and are now looking for a change. Hopefully things will continue to improve as our volume is up over last year at this same time.

Everyone have a happy Easter!!!!!  
RQ

[Gothick]

Thanks for sharing that, Robot Quentin.  That's a really cute story.  You know I love it that Grayson gets the most calls...

Best,

G.

[Robot_Quentin]

I could see her driving a pickup truck for sure!

[Gothick]

Robot Quentin, did you know that Grayson did a voiceover for a bad 1970s "art" film called Pick-up?  She was supposed to be the spirit of the ancient Priestess, the Pythia, of Apollo.

It's actually on YouTube if you search Grayson Hall...

Warmest wishes,

G.

[Robot_Quentin]

Will have to look for that one... A few months back I saw "Devil in High-heels" which she was great in. Polly Magoo is on my list of ones to see also!

RQ

[Charles_Ellis]

Gothick, I've got that crazy 70s flick on DVD (I collect cheesy bad exploitation flicks on disc!), and it's definitely Grayson, but why did they use another actress to lip sync?  Was an actress of GH's renown too expensive?

[Gothick]

No idea, Charles.  The original idea may have been just a voiceover and then the notion of using another actress in blurred longshot may have appealed to the director... I don't have any idea about what happened.

I'm guessing GH never saw the finished product.

G.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I could only imagine hearing "Victor Fenn-Gibbon line 2!" I tried to keep it as simple as possible while still secretly prolonging the joke.

It was probably best that you kept it simple, but hearing something like "Victor Fenn-Gibbon line 2!" really would have been an absolute hoot. 

[Lydia]

I may start saying "Hello, Quentin!" every time I see an 18-wheeler.

[Robot_Quentin]

Maybe he'll honk at you!!!!!!