Day fifty-five

I'm on my last break at work as I write this. I drew an extra hour of overtime less than half an hour before I would've gotten off.

It's been one of those days where everything seems to be happening at once. We're always fairly busy, but today seems busier than usual. There were a lot of big orders to be shipped, and one big one had to be re-boxed completely. Thankfully, I didn't have to do that, but it seems like one of those things that come up only when it's really busy.

Most of the stuff we box doesn't stick out too much in my mind. Usually it's just flyers, invitations, business cards, etc. Today, there were two unusual orders I boxed. They were very different but equally memorable, at least in my mind.

The first order was a set of bookmarks for a pro-life group. The front contained an actual photo of an aborted fetus. I don't really know what to say about it. I certainly didn't expect to see something like it in my work. On my first day, the most warning I got was that occasionally they get an order for a sexy calendar, and to use discretion in potentially handling them. I've always been pro-life, but the photo hammered the point home.

The second order was entirely different from the bookmarks. It was an order of postcards advertising a law firm. It was mass-soliciting for clients in Utah, which seemed odd to me considering how the card seemed deliberately designed to evoke The Sopranos, right down to the black and white of the lawyer's family and the font used. I assume it was meant to seem intimidating, but all it made me think is, "This guy's a shyster."

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I'm home now at 11:50 pm and I'll get this posted on time.