Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Fabulation aside for a moment...

There's a guy you see around town a lot - if you've lived in Wellington in the last 15 years, you've seen him, but you may not realise it.

He's the Government Courier. THE Government Courier.

His job is to transport important documents (and goodness knows what else) between Parliament & Government departments. They're in that robust looking briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. But you don't notice the cuffs.

He's tall & fit, and I've always suspected he's had some military training & probably knows 15 different ways to dissuade you from taking that briefcase off him.

And he's very unnoticeable. Just a public servant with a briefcase.

I'd type his name, but it's probably a state secret. Anyway, it's also quite boring.

I've always considered he's got the coolest job. He just wanders (purposefully) around town all day.