From the sublime to the ridiculous...

In life, things that are noble and magnificent are never far from things that are trivial and laughable.

Perhaps this little observation by a little guy, Napoleon Bonaparte, sums up what happened in the news today. It turns out that this poor schmuck--really, what else to call him when I share his story--has had a bad day thanks to a bad decision.

I understand the need to make money. Especially when we are young and going to school, we do tend to take on unusual jobs because they either pay well, or they fit the difficult schedule of working around classes.

Certainly no one plans to grow up and be the guy that transports dead bodies to the morgue. That would be really weird. Can you imagine what the high school career essay might have looked like? Anyway, I digress. The point that I was making is that there's this guy who has that very job. He takes the dead people to the morgue. It probably pays well.

On second thought, maybe it doesn't pay all that much after all. He was moonlighting as a pizza delivery guy. One hopes he was able to keep his orders straight. Anyway, the trouble began when he had to take his regular car in to the shop. He was called to the pizza place to work, so he took the other vehicle. Yeah, the one with the stretcher in it. As luck would have it, he got pulled over for some minor violation, and the cop saw the stretcher and started asking questions.

When asked about the stretcher, this loser volunteers that he uses it to transport dead bodies. Man. Like that answer isn't going to launch a full-blown investigation?

I'm still not sure what was wrong with the whole thing. I mean, of course, beyond the gross and weird. He was hauling pizza and a stretcher, not pizza and some random dead guy.

Anyway, he loses the job at the morgue. They fire him. Then, he goes and quits at the pizza place. Too bad.

Incidentally, the cop found that the kid had done nothing illegal. Thought I'd share that with you in case anyone is looking for some part time work.