Get with the program Washington
Last night I went out to Tap Plastics to pick up some more equipment for the kasbah. While driving out there I passed dealerships for Rolls Royce and Lotus, brands I’ve yet to find with official representation back home in the valley.
As Carolyn was ringing me up for my cheaper plastic, “You may have to replace it around every 3 or 4 years…” I noticed a placard behind the register. On it was a photo and text which read, “David Whitehead, 1961-2000.” This sort of thing wouldn’t mean much, except as I was signing my receipt I noticed the collections of business cards on the counter. There at the top of the display were Mr. Whitehead’s cards.
If for some reason I felt compelled to get in touch the highest ranking person at this Tap Plastics location, I would’ve taken David’s business card and left in a huff, only to call after a man who died six years ago. Am I really to understand that no one has bothered to reorganize the front counter of this store in more than half a decade? Why did I never encounter this sort of amazing nonsense in California?
Driving back towards the gym, I foolishly turned left at a traffic light where the cross street was labeled 124th Ave NE. While turning right here would have had me idling down 124th, turning left put me directly onto the 520 freeway. There was no sign. Nothing to indicate I was turning into the commuting maw without escape. Clearly if I had lived here since Mr. David Whitehead was still the regional director of Tap Plastics I would’ve known where I was going.
I’m over it today, but yesterday the phrase was fuck you Washington.
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Clearly, if you would have read the sign correctly, you would see that in fact, it was Robert Whitehead who had died, not David. David is the regional manager and is obviously still alive and well. Also, the correct dates under Bob’s picture are from 1940-2000….don’t know where you came up with 1961. Bob was a wonderful man and I don’t know why you felt the need to put him in your blog…..exactly what was your intention? Also, try driving down Northup again….bet you’ll see signs for 520 if you look
Hard to remember what I saw at this point. It was one of those incredibly frustrating days having moved to a new state recently. I suppose now if I ever find my way into that shoppe again I’ll have a closer look.
David Whitehead (running TAP Plastics) is the son of the late David Whitehead (died 2000)… Nice assumption to “fuck Washington”…. Dumbshit.