Had someone chanced to drive by my house late yesterday afternoon, they might have been surprised to spot a U-Haul moving van in my front drive. Frankly, I was as surprised as anyone else to see a moving van out there. By the time I noticed it, the back door was rolled up, and I could see a young man—a UPS deliveryman—tumbling packages around inside.
“I’ll be damned,” I muttered to
myself.
A few moments later, I leaned out the
front door, snapped a photo with my smartphone, and then trotted out to the
back of the truck.
“You have a funny-looking UPS van,” I
called out. “Is this the latest generation of UPS rigs?”
“I guess so,” the young man
responded.
“Are you guys short on vans as the
holiday season approaches?”
The young man nodded. “I think there
are a couple of trucks like this running routes today.”
“Well, it’s unique. We can say that
much.”
Eventually, the deliveryman kicked
two packages free from the rest and presented them to me. I thanked him and
lugged the packages inside my house. The U-Haul van soon crawled away across
the prairie.
At one time, I drove to stores to buy
stuff. Now, I do this.
—Mitchell Hegman
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