When One Really Needs Wifi-Creative Conveyance Edition
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Today was the kickoff of our library's summer reading program, and I will cover that extravaganza in more thorough detail with tomorrow's post, but tonight I thought I would present you all with what I spied in our parking lot as I wandered past the window to shut down the circulation computers for the evening.
I've seen a lot of things out of the office window, but two people astride a garden tractor utilizing the wifi was definitely a first. I quickly grabbed my phone and began snapping pictures in impressed glee, for the driver of the tractor was smoking a cigarette, and the lady astride the mighty diesel sipping steed was perched all poised and parade like with grace and Snapchat tapping ease.
My co-workers gathered around my giggling form and soon joined into the awed mirth-filled fray. Suddenly, one of my cohorts gasped, "Is that a baby?"
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My mind, when it got oxygen again, did tons of thought loops. Was it a common thing in our town to carry around diapers on a garden tractor? Did one need to pull over whilst plowing snow or the garden and change little Timmy? Upon closer inspection there were a lot of boxes on the red agricultural chariot. What did this mean? Was this piece of farm equipment also their main means of transportation? What did it all mean?
Well, at that point the driver of the wifi-seeking mobile decided he was ready to leave. His passenger must have had a few MB's left to download because the man with the glorious last century hair emitted a volley of curse words that probably had no place in our parking lot. I was sort of impressed with his projection, for I heard every obscenity clearly inside the library over the sound of the tractor engine. He revved the tractor's engine in protest, and as he finally left I began giggling again, for his wifi seeking companion never once looked up from her screen.
At least the cardboard baby was still smiling.
So, now I have seen people on horses, snowmobiles, UTV's, ATV's, and tractors in our parking lot using the wifi. I am a little hesitant to wonder what mode of transport we'll see next.....
And as always, all of the images in this post were taken on the author's green with red tractor envy iPhone.
