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Sometimes You Just Need a Bat Stretcher

April 14th, 2007 @ 12:16 pm PDT

At some point in your life, you’re going to be asked to find a bat stretcher. This is a terrific story.

I’ve gone through this experience myself, so I know the feeling. It happened to me while I was loading trucks on the midnight-to-ten shift for Old Dominion Freight Lines. One of the dock managers told me that I had about 30 feet worth of furniture to load onto a 28-foot trailer, and that I’d better find a trailer stretcher in time to get the truck on the road.

I’m also ashamed to admit that I’ve done this to every new guy at almost every place I’ve ever worked. At Infosearch Media we told junior tech support guys to find a cable stretcher. When I worked for Regeneration Technologies we told fresh meat that we had to find bone stretchers. When I rowed for Florida Crew we told the rookies that the only way they’d get to sit in a boat was if they found a rigger stretcher. Even at Subway we used to tell kids that the sandwiches were too short and they had to go grab a bread stretcher.

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One Response to “Sometimes You Just Need a Bat Stretcher”

  1. April 15th, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
    The Gilberator

    You’re the reason I drink so much and cry myself to sleep at night. I’ve been looking for a cable stretcher for 18 years now. 18 YEARS! So much life, so much sadness, so much alcohol…the horror, the horror, the horror

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