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[fnord]

http://chrisonstad.blogspot.com/2009/01/good-employee-is-available-in-this-land.html

I wonder, if -- hypothetically -- I would hire Onstad's former warehouse guy (who, doing this job for a while certainly must have spent some time physically near Onstad), then lock him up in my basement and never allow him to wash or shower, how long do you think I could preserve the oh so sweet aroma of Onstad in his clothes and hair?

[wombat]

Well, after he signed my arm, I thought about never washing it, but I shortly had to admit it just wasn't practical. So I can't help you.

[AugustWest]

All I know is that if I was the dude's parents and had paid for him to go to fuck*ng Stanford, I would be pissed if he didn't aspire to anything more than "Shipping Clerk." 

[Ruta Bagas]

Does he smell nice? I didn't realise he smelt nice.

Have you considered just asking what aftershave he uses or something?

[wombat]

All I know is that if I was the dude's parents and had paid for him to go to fuck*ng Stanford, I would be pissed if he didn't aspire to anything more than "Shipping Clerk." 

Oh, you know, he's probably writing the great American novel in his spare time. Or the great American screenplay, or whatever these kids do nowadays.

[pmcd9]

Shipping Clerk my ass, he was Warehouse Manager.

[herofix]

I studied philosophy and religious studies at a pretty decent university and I am a milkman.  Prior to that, I worked in factories, cafeterias and as a postman.  And I never stayed at most of those jobs for very long.  But it's my life, right?  That's just the nature of the beast.  I hope my parents love me nonetheless.

Maybe a person who was inclined to study philosophy and religious studies isn't much inclined to place the same high value on the conventional status of their job.

What was it my man said earlier today?  Something about 'the makers of things'. 

[wombat]

Where do you live that you can still be a milkman? I believed they are extinct in the US.

[AugustWest]

I studied philosophy and religious studies at a pretty decent university and I am a milkman.  Prior to that, I worked in factories, cafeterias and as a postman.  And I never stayed at most of those jobs for very long.  But it's my life, right?  That's just the nature of the beast.  I hope my parents love me nonetheless.

Maybe a person who was inclined to study philosophy and religious studies isn't much inclined to place the same high value on the conventional status of their job.

What was it my man said earlier today?  Something about 'the makers of things'. 

I didn't suggest that they no longer loved him.  Just that they'd be pissed.

I was a philosophy major too.  I understand that you are not your job.

I have also had (many) nothing jobs and (a few) jobs that related to my education and interests.   The second kind are much more fulfilling.

[miles]

Philosophy here too! How many of us are there? Far too many.

[lprkn]

He says he is the milkman because he is modest. He really means that he nonstop sexes up the place.

[littlefallsmets]

Great American iPhone Application is what the kids are into these days.

Christ, I'm twenty-nine and I only just figured out how to properly draw a cartoon caricature of myself.

I feel like a Brian Wilson song, sometimes.

[herofix]

AW - Bully for you, pal.  I truthfully aspire to sit behind a desk and write ponderous philosophical musings for a living.  The aspiration don't make it so.

I suppose I'll concede that common filth like me don't need to actually pay university tuition in Scotland, so my parents wouldn't have to decide whether they liked me having their unconditional goodwill or their money more.

Which answers Wombat's question.  I'd be interested to know if there were any milkmen still operating in the U.S.  Maybe rurally?  The supermarkets naturally have ripped the arse out of the milkman gig in the towns, but the countryside is still keeping it going (for now).  I grew up in San Diego and I certainly never saw a milkman there.  It's a fine life, and there is plenty of time for philosophising.

[herofix]

Just to double-post, since I'm a) making friends as usual, and b) making this thread all about me...

you can still get your milk delivered by a milkman in the Boston area: http://www.crescentridge.com/

[wombat]

you can still get your milk delivered by a milkman in the Boston area: http://www.crescentridge.com/

That is nice to know.