my life as a nomad

a bank robber and a movie star

some businesses lose employees when they move, switch jobs, or retire. we lose them when they try to rob banks...


SOUTH PORTLAND — A Portland man landed in jail Tuesday after a robbery attempt at the Norway Savings Bank.

(name withheld), 24, drove up to the bank branch at Mill Creek just before noon, police said. He sent a note to a teller through the pneumatic tube system, demanding money. Tellers alerted police and wrote down the number from his license plate.

(name withheld) drove out of the bank empty-handed, and was stopped by a police officer just two minutes later at the Casco Bay Bridge.

-story courtesy of mainetoday.com-

i can only guess that he wanted to get brought in, for whatever reason. either that or he was hoping to have a high-adrenaline chase. or who knows. gosh. he's been with a.w.s. almost as long as i have, but it sounds like he'll be taking an extended leave of absence, with a lengthy stay in the big house. such is life in the warehouse... you just never know when someone is going to do something insanely stupid

in other news, there was a film crew at the warehouse today. i have no idea what they were there for... maybe a commercial, or a training video, or maybe a documentary. or maybe a new hollywood blockbuster action film about... nevermind. there's nothing movie-worthy that goes on there. but anyhow, for whatever reason they decided to follow me around for a while, so i had this guy with a camera tracking my every move, and then they put him on this rig on a forklift, so then he was hovering over me shooting film for a while. slightly unnerving and also quite hilarious at the same time. and i had to sign a bunch of release forms afterwards, but i might score a free t-shirt out of the deal for being helpful and letting them capture my ugly mug on film. woo-hoo. i'm a movie star now. i was singing "hollywood" by p.o.d. to myself for the rest of the day.

i also got a nifty "safety always" travel coffee mug today for being on the job hazard analysis focus group. so volunteering ain't all bad, cause i'm making out like a bandit (every time i say that, i laugh, because i think how funny it would be if i said "i'm making out with a bandit." and, does anybody even call themselves a bandit anymore, or is that too old-school? i think i should be a bandit).

i want a ninja for my roommate. hilarious. and who ever knew that grapefruit juice could kill someone? (note... don't even bother trying to view the video unless you have broadband)

finis

posted by Patrick @ 6:15 PM