Date: Feb 20
From: Village President
To: Village Manager
Subject: Front Loader
Well, George. This front loader thing is turning out to be a little bit of an issue. Peter is really upset about you not allowing him to use it. He did suggest that instead of him driving it, maybe Dave could drive it and you’d be okay with that.
Will that be okay? It’s really becoming an issue George. I mean, he already promised his wife that the pool would be ready before she had her turn at the book club meeting. He can’t exactly go back on that now.
See what you can come up with George. This is where that high priced thinking out of the box comes in and that’s why we hired you away from the big city.
Mac
Date: Feb 23
From: Village President
To: Village Manager
Subject: Re: Front Loader
I’m surprised that you feel that strongly about this whole issue. I mean, I figured so long as Dave drove the thing, it would be okay. And being a water guy, we thought you’d be more sympathetic to Peter’s pool. So how about if Dave does this on a weekend. Mind you, we’ll have some answering to do to Berta about that and we’ll have to make sure to schedule it around his lodge meetings. They’re in the evenings, but they can get rambunctious and even the next day, Dave’s driving can be a little hinkey. I can’t believe that you’d have an issue if it’s not during work hours. And don’t worry - we won’t pay Dave for the overtime or anything.
Date: Feb 25
From: President
To: Village Manager
Subject: Re: Front Loader
I understand that you took the front loader schedule down from the Village bulletin board George. Tina’s pretty upset about that, since she spent almost a full day making it look nice, with the lines and the little pictures. She got those pictures from the internets, and she did a fine job with that. She's really talented with that computer, always learning new things, like that faced stuff and twits. If you’re upset that she used pictures of garbage trucks, it’s only because she wasn’t sure what a front loader looked like. She can probably take the pictures off, although it will hurt her feelings to tell her that, but if you feel that strongly about it, well I’ll do that. Have to admit George, I didn’t think you’d be such a stickler about these little issues.
Anyway, she’ll keep the schedule at the front desk with herself, so it won’t be on the bulletin board. And besides, most of the weekends have been taken already. Who knew that everyone in town would have so many uses for this thing? We should have gotten one years ago.
We will have to deal with Berta though. She’s not happy that Dave’s weekends are going to be used up like this. We’ll have to make her first in line to keep her content. She’s always wanted one of them pretty little fish ponds in her garden.
Dave says that the front loader won’t get here for another couple of weeks, so we’ll be able to hammer out the details of who gets which jobs done when before it gets here. And Sean Cohen seems to feel that, so long as nobody drives it too far, and there’s no alcohol involved, it should be okay. Of course, he’s third on the list. I never realized that he was a fan of tennis, but then again, maybe that's why he's so tired all the time.
If you want to schedule a weekend, you should probably do it soon. They really are filling up George.
And don’t worry about Peter. He can’t hold a mad. He’s the mellow one on the board, ya know.
Another thing, my brother will be contacting you about the Georgenson’s tree. It’s not looking well and Don and Sally Mae don’t get along with him, so he needs to have you talk to them about it. For a woman who commutes with dogs, you’d think she’d like trees, but they’re a bit flaky, those two. Anyways, that tree isn’t looking good and you need to talk to them about it. Please make that a priority, George.
Date: March 2
From: Village President
To: Village Manager
Re: Tree issue
Well, well George. First you made Peter upset with the whole front loader hooha and now I understand you had a run in with the Georgenson’s.
Sorry to hear about that bite, but those dogs can get protective, ya know. And don’t worry. No matter what they say, nobody really believes that those dogs are part coyote. They may be part wolf, especially that one that got you George, but definitely not coyote. Just look at the size difference. It would have to be a really big coyote.
Anyways, if you give the insurance form to Tina, she’ll take care of it. Course it wouldn’t hurt to maybe bring her something for the effort. I think she’s still smarting about your critique of her pretty pictures on the schedule.
And I hear that rabies shots have come a long way, right? It’s only a few weeks of shots, which is better than the old days. Heck, when I was a kid, they’d tell stories about how old man Jenkin’s had an uncle that they had to tie to a tree to make sure that he didn’t have rabies. Course, you can’t believe everything you hear. I mean, he probably wasn’t tied to the Georgenson’s tree, but that’s what people say.
Speaking of that tree, did you get a chance to see it before the dogs chased you down?
Well, take care of that bite.I don’t know that we’ve ever had someone take so much sick time in the first few weeks of the job, but I’m glad to hear that you’ll be able to make the meeting Thursday.
I know that my brother will bring up the tree, so if you didn’t get a good look at it, you may want to try to get over there again before the meeting. Maybe this time you should bring some dog treats with you.
Mac
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