Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for June 07, 2014

Um… what would a squash be used for when it comes to automobile mechanics?

Squash is what happens when you don’t use the proper safety gear when fixing your brakes.

Little known Detroit designing trick. Crumple zones are 75% squash.

Just hang up Baldo!!

Exactly.

I get this about once a month. I work mids and about 03:00 a.m. or so I’ll get a call asking if a person’s Direct Deposit is going to be on time, or someone reporting a lost or stolen credit card. But I work for a magazine subscription service and we don’t handle direct deposits or reports of credit card problems.

As a member of the IS Department I have even less to do with those issues than our Customer Service people who have been gone for hours by the time I get the calls.

No, we have no squash. Just tennis and racquetball.

We have a similar number to Domino’s pizza and an eyeglass store and a doctor’s office (formerly a TV repair) and keep our answering machine on all the time to screen. We have put on messages about our crafts that we make and sell and we still get messages. Some Saturday nights we can get the same person calling 4 or 5 times. We get calls for pizza at 4 am – are they open then? We knew all about the manager at the eyeglass stores debt problems. People leave messages such as “This is Mrs. Brown, I have decided not to get my contact lenses tinted.” or “This is Mrs. Jones, I want a large pie and I am timing you.” – Notice the lack of contact info for both or address to deliver the pie for same.