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Wyatt and Virgil Earp rode in and fixed our dry mount press
I had forgotten all about this untill I saw the "Buffalo Bill" thread, which sucks because I am sure that there is thread around here somewhere that I can't find about people coming into your work dressed weird.
This is a Kinko's story. We had a mount vacuum press (it's a very large table that opens up to reveal two hot plates. You sandwitch in whatever you want mounted or laminated, close it, hit "start", and it creates a tight vacuum that irons everything into a solid mass.
Now picture calling in service on this thing and what you get is a Sam Elliott clone dressed in a late 1800's era suit, a cowboy hat, boots, watch chain, and a waxed freaking handlebar moustache. Completely serious about it, too. Got that image in your head? Good.
Now add another one. There were two of them.
Seriously.
This is what our vacuum press techs looked like. Frankly, I thought it ROCKED to have these guys working in our store. A lot of you have probably figured out that I am the biggest western fan on sweet green Earth, so I thought their whackiness was full of AWESOME.
To thine own self be true, and all that. I called them Wyatt and Virgil behind their backs, and I wasn't mocking them when I did it, I adored them.
This went on for as long as I worked there.
We also had a tech...you know, I can't remember what he serviced....who would come in with an African Gray Parrot all the time, which is pretty cool in and of itself, but how can that compare with TWO badass western characters?
Anyone else have whacky techs or quirky customers like this?
This is a Kinko's story. We had a mount vacuum press (it's a very large table that opens up to reveal two hot plates. You sandwitch in whatever you want mounted or laminated, close it, hit "start", and it creates a tight vacuum that irons everything into a solid mass.
Now picture calling in service on this thing and what you get is a Sam Elliott clone dressed in a late 1800's era suit, a cowboy hat, boots, watch chain, and a waxed freaking handlebar moustache. Completely serious about it, too. Got that image in your head? Good.
Now add another one. There were two of them.
Seriously.
This is what our vacuum press techs looked like. Frankly, I thought it ROCKED to have these guys working in our store. A lot of you have probably figured out that I am the biggest western fan on sweet green Earth, so I thought their whackiness was full of AWESOME.
To thine own self be true, and all that. I called them Wyatt and Virgil behind their backs, and I wasn't mocking them when I did it, I adored them.
This went on for as long as I worked there. We also had a tech...you know, I can't remember what he serviced....who would come in with an African Gray Parrot all the time, which is pretty cool in and of itself, but how can that compare with TWO badass western characters?
Anyone else have whacky techs or quirky customers like this?
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