Jimbo
Let me tell you about Jimbo who was a co-worker of mine at the Federal agency I worked at for 35 years. Jimbo was (and still is) an excellent classifier - when he wants to do it. More about that in another posting. This is mainly about his cheapness and my favorite practical joke on him.Jimbo has a motto of "Quantity - not Quality". Jim does not smoke cigarettes however, when tobacco companies were passing out free samples of cigarettes on the street, Jim would pick up as many packages as possible from the hawkers just because they were FREE. He never did anything with the cigarettes and they are probably still in his desk even several years later after the fact.
I did like to torment Jimbo with some practical jokes and he always fell for them. One of my favorites happened on one of the hottest and most humid days of summer. I came back from lunch and bought myself a Snickers bar from a vending machine. Jimbo asked me where I had gotten the candy bar. I replied - with a straight face - that it was a full sized free sample that was being passed out on the street about3 blocks from the office. Jimbo grabbed a paper bag and dashed out the door determined to fill the bag and get his FREE candy. He returned about 40 minutes later, dripping with sweat all over his body, and said there were no people giving out free samples. He made several circles of the area looking for them but did not find them. Well, I guess the reason was - THERE WERE NO FREE SAMPLES!! I did not let on to this but just said they had probably left. Jimbo did not find out about my joke for over a year when I told another co-worker and we got a good laugh - except for Jimbo.
Jim is a good friend of mine and while it was extreme fun to torment him with a practical joke now and then, he was always ready to help in a crunch. I owe Jim a lot for the knowledge he gave to me over the years and for being a good friend.
posted by Ex-Fed @ 7:04 AM
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