It's Arun!

I worked a 14 hour day (without any breaks, I might add, although I'm not complaining) at my part-time job Saturday and decided to stop at Jordan's on the way home for a libation or two.  And who should I run into but Arun, who worked at the DU Bookstore around 10 years ago or so.  He was surprised to hear the store was outsourced, and that so many of the staff were no longer there.  Arun worked in the stockroom and also at the Heckman Pioneer Shop, which the Bookstore operated in the University of Denver's Ritchie Center. The store did a great business during hockey games,  but was usually dead the rest of the time.  However, the Chancellor insisted that the store remain open on a daily basis.  It was a deathly boring job to work there during the daytime - you can only stock and vacuum and straighten so much, after all.  Wally, my friend and former colleague, tells the story of how he would go over there to close the store and Arun would often be standing there behind the counter,  in an almost trance-like state.  Wally would shout "Arun, Arun, snap out of it" to bring him back.  Working at the Heckman Pioneer Shop was indeed a tough gig.  Glad you survived it, Arun!