One of the closest calls yet….



Our deliveries are made between 10pm and midnight; normally, we’re not very close to 10pm, but tonight was different… I was flying solo AND managed to arrive right at the start of our delivery window!
I parked 1 house down as usual, in front of their next door neighbor with their garage door open, lights blazing…it appeared they were cooking a midnight snack in there! I paid them no attention, started unloading and began walking toward the recipients’ house with the message board disassembled and tucked under either arm…. as I walked onto their grass, I caught a glimpse of a man in the window! I turn quickly on my heels; unsure if he saw me too, I leaned the boards against the flockermobile’s open side door and call my partner in crime (who is safely out of town).
Nervously waiting, giving a running commentary of the happenings, discreetly hidden behind a tree in the flockermobile…. the light in the window of the recipients’ house goes dark, I see a shadow going down the stairs, and assume they must be locking the car in the driveway as I see the lights blip. I plan to wait 10 more minutes for the house to be locked up for the night, and then commence flocking!
When a woman walks out the front door, purse in tow… oh no, they had been UN-locking the car! It’s obvious she’s going somewhere as she starts the car!
The flockermobile’s side door is wide open; the message boards are leaning against the side! I quickly jump from the car, throw the boards in, slide the door shut, and jump back in my hiding spot in the drivers seat... when the man appears and gets into the car!
I quickly crunched as far onto the floor boards under the steering wheel as humanly possible so I wasn’t spotted!
The car pulled out toward my hiding spot, as the headlights cleared the corner…I jumped from the flockermobile! Unloaded the board, tombstones…. and managed to set up in 5 minutes flat! Placing the goodie bag on the front door and snapping a picture, I bolted for the flockermobile and got the flock outta there!
It will be quite a surprise when they return from the store with their gallon of milk!