Breakaway News Volume No. 12 Issue No. 10 October 2007

Devil Of A Time

Breakaway wishes all of our customers a happy, healthy, and frightening Halloween. For All Hallows Eve, we are hiring a whole bunch of imps, goblins, and other assorted mischief makers to make your deliveries. They’ll still be riding bikes, however, as our order for the 2008 model Nimbus Flying Brooms is on backorder.

Logically Loaded

One of our heavy weight customers had a big logistics problem. Naturally, they turned to Breakaway. We smoothed the distribution scheme for them by receiving the product of 75 vendors and consolidating it all into one delivery, with much of the work taking place here at the Breakaway compound. The items were packed into bags, and delivered in one shot to their destination, which made our customer’s life very easy, and them very grateful.

Bicycle Detour

What a quirk of fate. The landlord of the Breakaway office building has decided that bicycles don’t belong in the passenger elevators: years after we’ve all been going up and down with ours. As it happens; the freight guy is faster. Now, we have class A security for our class C lobby. That’s life in the big city!

VIP in NYC = OMG!

The last week of September many important personages, including President Bush and Iranian President Ahmadinejad, were in New York to address the U.N. General Assembly. Of course, that meant street closures, gridlock, and imaginative headlines from the city’s tabloids. Even so, our couriers and truckers kept calm heads as they navigated midtown and were still able to deliver, impressing even the VIPs.

Web Tip

Triple check the service type and vehicle selection to make sure they match, and are appropriate for the job. For example: Lift-gate truck service does not get a bike nor car. Also be sure to check how many men your truck job needs, one or two.

Mets to Mutts

The Mets have accomplished a dubious feat: blowing perhaps the biggest lead in the history of baseball: seven games up with 17 games left. Historical note: the last big lead to be blown was by the ’64 Phillies, the very team that tied the Mets this year as their lead evaporated. We’ll just have to wait till next year.

Stump the Band

Last month, we asked what seven things are needed to make an outside pick-up. Only one intrepid customer called to try and answer. The seven items are: Company; address; floor and/or room number; phone number; contact name; item description and number; and time it’s ready. Or, Who, What, When, Where, but no Why.

Trivia Question

How many chicks has New York’s most famous red-tail hawk, Pale Male, sired? The first person to call Robert Martinez with the correct answer will win a coveted Breakaway t-shirt.