THE TIME AND PLACE:
A typical Monday morning in the same old place, which ironically, manages to remain exciting and different every day!
THE SETTING:
A nondescript service elevator; run by a control panel with a bad attitude. Seriously, this particular elevator had been buzzing since my arrival at 7:30 A.M. It was now noon and the electronic serenade continued. As I embarked, I took note of my fellow occupants…
- Two breakfast buffet waitresses, (I don’t care it that’s no longer the correct term, I like it!) their arms full of leftovers.
- A “worker bee” from shipping. They buzz about the hotel like drones on a mission, so…
- Two maintenance workers!
I just stared at the guys in the tool belts. They got the point… Eventually.
“We’ve already called the elevator company, Hook.” Yes, they actually call me “Hook”. Some of my fellow workers will even refer me to as “The Hook”, as in, “Hey, what’s up The Hook?”
But I digress.
Despite my lack of knowledge of elevator repair, I decided to apply my years spent watching sitcoms to the problem at hand.
- I made a fist.
- Raised my arm.
- I made contact with the control panel using a moderate amount of force.
- “BAP!” Yes, that is a word; just check out any episode of the Adam West Batman series.
- The buzzing ceased.
The maintenance men, their mouths agape, simply stood motionless. I decided to snap them back to reality.
“You can cancel that call, boys.”
33 DAYS TO GO, FOLKS…
June 9. 2012 10 A.M – 7 P.M.
Scotiabank Convention Centre
Niagara Falls. Ontario. Canada
For full details, click here, fan boys and girls!
Finally something interesting happened in the elevator …?
kiss
Yes, every once in awhile something interesting happens in that metal box…
Thanks for the visit – and the sentiment!
Only way this could be better is if you had a cigarette hanging from your lip and a pair of dark sunglasses to pull down nonchalantly as you walked away like it was nothin’.
I’m going to have to pack a “Cool Guy Kit” from now on….
“The name is Hook… James Hook.”
Nice… Very nice, indeed!
Impressive skills Hook.
I have my uses after all, don’t I?
Yes you do. You are pretty good at putting bags in the trunks of people’s cars too! Oh yeah, and that dad/husband stuff. I’m sure your girls appreciate that.
Yeah, I think they do!
Oh can I borrow you? Do you stop car horns and break squeal too? What about those sounds that people make out of their mouths? Can you stop that too??? If you can, how much would you charge per hour?
If I had those skills, I’d be a very rich man, Woman!
Show-off. 😉
Hey!
I get your point, though…
Fabulous!! So, are you getting a DA or do you have one already?
Not yet! Hopefully soon…
How you doin’ The Hook
HAHA.
Nice knuckle punch dude! Keep the hotel running. I can imagine that screaming sound (well not really) BUT i can imagine being irritated by that sound. THAT’s a fact.
I believe you!
Wish you would have put your thumbs up and said “aaaaaayyyyy” afterward.
I wish I’d thought of that…
keep it in your back pocket for next time
Will do…
Ha awesome! Hitting/punching things is always an easy fix! Smart thinkin!
Thanks, Lily!
You’re the man with a right “hook”!
Very clever!
You are fabulous.. see how easily you solved the problem, no wonder people around call you THE HOOK
Thanks!
Have you ever employed this particular problem – solving technique with an annoying patron? ..they, after all, are every bit as irritating as a buzzing metal box, no?
I’m afraid that behavior is prohibited… unfortunately!
wouldn’t life be so much more fun if slapping people for stupidity were legal? The world would be like a giant “Whack-A-Mole” game from the carnival!
Sounds good to me…
You’re mechanically inclined too? Whoo hooo go Fonz! lol! You’re the best Hook!
The best? Not quite.. but close!
And that is all I have to say about that !!!
You rock, Jo!
Sometime a little too much Hook…ending up face down in the wet grass…hehehe
Jo, that made my day! I think I had forgotten how really cool he is!
Good job foiling that peaky elevator!
Thanks, Kim!
Fonzi or Snieder lol
Schnieder? Cool reference!
lol, yea…. I knew I was way off but hoped you still got it.
I certainly did!
Been reading your Book of Terrible.. !
You are way tooooo busy…!!
Seems some sort of beastie has you by the …
way, did you hear the one ’bout the bloke who was moving so fast; he caught himself going forward on his return trip…
Sounds a bit like you, at the moment, my dear Hook…!
I think you’re right, young lady! But I can’t afford to slow down just yet…
Hahaha!!! You’re one in a million, my man! I bow to your technical expertise!
Thanks! I get lucky sometimes…
Nice. Do you think if you smack around my paycheck it will get bigger?
Sadly, no.
Well, that sucks.
Sorry…
Me, too.
That was how we fixed TVs back in the day!
No kidding?
Cool!
Ehhhhhhh! Just like the Fonz! I am checking to see if I go into your spam again. I am trying to clear this up with WP!
You were in my spam folder! Good luck with WordPress, Susie!
Checking to see if I still go into spam. You can delete this!
Nah, I value every comment from you, Susie!
Wow– you are Batman!
That’s one of the best compliments I’ve ever received, Derek! You rock!
omg…I am so exicted. I am so going to be wearing a tight leather skin-tight suit
That should be quite the sight!
Genius !
That’s another cool compliment I don’t hear very often. Especially at home!
Awesome! That’s how I fix everything in my classroom, too. Forget calling the janitorial staff. A few weeks ago my projector wouldn’t work so I hit the ceiling. When I figured out it was some bad wiring and holding it just right solved the problem, I jammed a plastic sword up into the ceiling tiles. Classy but effective. If you every decide the writing and bell hopping doesn’t work out you can always become a maintenence man!
It’s nice to have options, isn’t it?
Woah, I’m impressed!
Thanks! I don’t hear that too often!
Lieber Hook wünsche dir ein schönes Sonniges Wochenende die Zeit rast wie im Flug Grüsse lieb Gislinde
Time certainly does fly, young lady!
Thanks for the warm wishes!
You must have something like a magic fist. Oh, I forgot that’s usually the way I repair stuff too… In my country elevator repairmen are among the best paid skilled workers, because repairing elevators is very regulated for obvious reasons. So I certainly would have loved to have “helped” those guys the same way you did. I bet you destroyed their day.
I hope so!
You’re awesome, Hook; and so are your readers. Had me laughing out loud several times.
Me too! They’re the best!
That’s how I fixed my sad cell phone the other day, but it wasn’t as cool as you. Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy. The Fonz….love it!
The Fonz rules!
Cool. (you do realize you are now on speed dial if it starts buzzing again…you probably show up faster than maintenance?)
That thought never occurred to me… Until now!