today i had to do deliveries myself because my driver (that would normally do the deliveries today) very much wanted a day off because his wife was having a baby. i decided that it would be good for me to do the run because i am in a routine where i wake up at 11 am, and and i do no physical exercise.
i found it easy, and i was quite happy that i got a muscular workout without having to pay a driver anything.
when i got to maroubra however, i was set upon by children, and they swarmed over me. they always do when i go there.
there was a group of boys aged between i guess 11 to 13 who all flocked to my truck when i parked, and i had trouble getting rid of them. the truck i drove was my cadbury truck, and it is purple (i bought it from cadbury's) and it has the cadbury logo on it, and they all thought i had chocolates in the truck.
boy 1: oh wow are they all chocolates? can we have some?
me: no they (the boxes) are frozen chips.
boy 2: huh? but the truck says cadb...
me: i bought the truck from cadbury and i have not wiped the sign off.
boy 3: well can we have some chips?
me: well... if you want to eat them frozen and uncooked....
boy 1: ok (unexpected reply)
me: hmmm well i am delivering them to that shop, so what you should do is ask them to give you some uncooked frozen chips.
boy 2: ok we will. will they give them to us for free?
i realized i had to get rid of those kids quickly because they were starting to swarm over me
me: ask them after i am gone ok?
boy 2: why?
i started to realize they were outwitting me and i had to be a bit rude.
me: because they are not allowed to sell my chips uncooked if i see them doing so. if they sell my chips while still frozen, then i must stop selling to them due to hygiene reasons, and you will not be able to buy hot chips from that shop any more.
boy 3: just sell us the chips so we can take them home so mum can cook them then.
me: can your mum cook 600 kg of chips per day?!?! if not then to sell to your mum is not a good idea.
then they all wanted to help me to deliver the chips to the shop and they jumped into the back of the truck and started laboring with the boxes, and i told them "stop now!! ! get out of the truck. i am not going to pay you for your help so you will gain nothing by helping me!! please go away! i am not going to give you free chips ok?!? just go away!! !"
an older child of about 16 years old saw sense and he rallied them to his command to get out of the truck and they all went away, but one of them wrote "unit" inside my truck with an orange marker before they did.
i hate maroubra because the kids there are so bold and difficult to avoid.
edited to close a quote.
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