The other day I put in a job application as a driver for a local company. I'm sure they'll get hundreds if not thousands of applications.
Today I was sitting in the parking lot of a pharmacy, waiting for my Rx. I noticed a guy in an alley trying to toss trash into a huge dumpster. It was one of the really long ones, about 7 feet tall. There were some cardboard boxes and bits of wood and paper littering the ground.
He'd grab a handful of stuff, try to toss it over the wall of the dumpster, and most would fall back around his feet. He'd grab another handful, toss it, and it would do the same. He kept at this same routine for probably twenty minutes. His t-shirt was soaked in sweat
I'd noticed that the dumpster had doors at one end, and they were open. What I couldn't figure out is why the guy didn't take the trash on the ground, put it in one of the cardboard boxes, and toss the boxes into the dumpster at the doors.
It occurred to me that this guy, or someone like him, might be applying for the same job as I did. That gave me encouragement.
People watching fascinates me.
