The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: operator

  • Dodo Bird Jobs

    This isn’t the first time engineers have looked into automating one of my drawbridges, and it won’t be the last. People don’t like the idea of paying bridgetenders when they spend the bulk of their time “doing nothing.” These automation ideas generally do not come to fruition, because it’s very easy to get killed on…

  • Phone Sex Guy

    I met a fascinating guy the other day. (God, I love Seattle!) He’s a phone sex operator. He pretends to be a woman for unsuspecting male clients. I don’t know him well enough to ask what it must be like to live that lie to make money. I’m not judging. I’m just extremely curious. What…

  • Bridgetender [sic]

    Recently someone quoted my WordPress blog tag line like so: “The random musings of a bridgetender [sic] with entirely too much time on her hands.” For the uninitiated, “sic” is basically latin for “Okay, I’m writing it this way because it’s a direct quote, dude, but it’s WRONG.” I wanted to scream when I saw…