Jim Goings

The movers we hired had an amazing truck driver that was able to put a tractor with a 53′ trailer right into our back lot without even flinching (inches on each side - it was crazy).  While they unload the truck - some a**hole parks his hummer right next the driveway in the no parking zone.

As a result, they couldn’t get the trucks out of the back lot which prevented the other two trucks from unloading.  The space was so tight by the freight elevator that we couldn’t even park the trucks on the street and roll the stuff around the sidewalk - there was no room for anything past the trailers to get to the elevator.  So we were stuck until this Hummer was moved.

I called the police and told them that this guy was costing us a few hundred dollars an hour.  They were Johnny on the Spot and the parking enforcement dude showed up with a huge grin on his face.  He was absolutely thrilled to ticket this guy.  In fact, he got two tickets - $60 for parking in a no parking zone and $60 for not having a front license plate.  He then slapped a red “Tow” sticker on the windshield.

The tow truck showed up about 15 minutes later - but because there was another car in front of the Hummer, he couldn’t do much.

His dollys weren’t beefy enough to handle the weight of the Hummer and the parking break was set, so the only option would be to drag it out, likely causing drive train issues for the Hummer owner.  He called in his buddy who had a different towing device that extended out and could reach the hummer.  They lifted the front of the hummer up and the front of the tow truck came up too - it was pretty cool to behold.

I snapped this pic just as the tow truck’s front tires hit the ground after being about 1 ft off the ground.  They continued to jockey the hummer, just inches from the back of the Jetta and finally got it into a position where they could hook it up to the larger tow truck.

Unfortunately, the with the rear wheels still locked in park, they had to crawl under the Hummer and disconnect the drive shaft.  Here are some choice quotes from the tow truck dude while they were under the Hummer:

The Jive van was spotted at Home Depot earlier this evening. Some big dude was loading a ladder, a shop vac, and a dolly into it. I wonder what’s going on over at Jive…

I drove van 1 of the Jive 2008 Hood to Coast team this year.  It was 30+ hours of driving in two days, but totally fun.

I posted a bunch of Hood to Coast pics on Flickr too.

I’ve been watching the development of the Enterprise Octopus ever since Sam posted about him. (Yes, Sam, I know you think he’s a she, but he’s not a she, he’s a he, or so he tells me). Since then, he’s had to grow up real fast and before he knew it, he was being unpacked at the Web 2.0 Expo. I felt that he needed some to just hang out and, well, do what any Enterprise Octopus would do.

This is the Enterprise Octopus chillin’ with Michael, our lead web designer, known around the office as Sigler and sometimes Chibby or Chibbs.

As you can see, the Enterprise Octopus loves whiskey.

Despite the whiskey intake, the Enterprise Octopus wanted to try out a bicycle. We don’t allow riding in the office ever since the “incident” so he had to settle for just sitting on it.

All that whiskey had to go somewhere. I think this settles any possible debate about whether the Enterprise Octopus is a girl or a boy. I swear I didn’t coerce him into choosing one restroom over the other.

Paul, a righteously awesome dude at work, has some sweet sideburns. Check these babies out:

When I was on the train this morning (MAX, I hate you more and more every day!), this sleepy dude was snoring so loud, people were chuckling to themselves.  After 20 minutes, the chuckling turned into great annoyance.  So very annoying.