Having the world’s “coolest” job
I like to think I have the world’s coolest job.
Well, the coolest job for a nerd who is into horror movies and collectables. I won’t bore you with how I got to this position, but suffice to say I own a small online company that sells personally autographed collectables. I have a “signing room” in a building on my property, and I get various horror movie notables to come by and sign items, which I then auction off online. Every item I sell is signed personally, verified by a collectables expert who is present, and backed up with photographs. I almost lost a ton of money last week when the AC broke down in the signing room. I make it sound fancier than it is, but it used to be a work house that I ran some lights and air conditioning into and laid down some carpeting. The celebs don’t really care, they are only there for a few minutes, but that A/C is really the only thing making it tolerable. I came in that morning, for one of the biggest signings I’ve ever had, to find the HVAC system had died sometime the night before. Not only was it stifling hot, but that humidity had been building up for 12 hours and it would take a massive blast of cooling to get it back to normal. Thankfully I was able to get the right HVAC tech on the phone, and I promised him a $100 cash bonus to get the AC fixed within the hour. It worked, and the day was saved.