Breakaway News Volume No. 15 Issue No. 12 December 2010

Santa’s Li’l Helpers  

Ohhh…the weather outside is frightful! So, it’s really soooo delightful…to let Breakaway handle all of the heavy lifting this holiday season! Okay, okay, so the weather really isn’t all that frightful right now, but hey, who wants to do heavy lifting? If you need that roast ham, last minute toy, and or home-workout gym delivered, we’ve got you covered better than Rudolph has Santa’s way lit up.

Very Pavlovian

While trying to teleconference recently, we came across an interesting phenomena. Using the telephone headset a la Suzie the Time Life operator, made us lose our train of thought. We’re used to cradling the phone between our head and shoulder while typing up job orders! Although easier on the neck, the headsets made us feel like something was missing, and that shortwired our thinking a bit. Verrryyy interesting!

Log This!

According to Wikipedia, logistics is: “…the management of the flow of the goods, information, and other resources in a repair cycle between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of customers.” Hey, we thought we were just handling stuff! If you’d like us to handle your stuff, and maximize your repair cycles and points of maximum consumption, give us a call. You’ll be glad you did.

Smart Alec Phone

Modern cell phones may have become smart, but they still lack common sense. Our phone alerted us to a text message, then said it could not retrieve content, try again later. Might as well have said, “Yeah, I received your message, but I’m not going to give it to you, so there!” Silly  phone…

Dose of Reality

Now, for the first time ever, on a major cable network, reaching 100 million homes, it’s Breakaway Reality TV! For the next six weeks, a couple of Hollywood dudes are here filming us, because they thought we’d make, “Interesting” reality TV. Well, duh! We’re looking for customers intrepid enough to allow them to film our couriers making pick-ups and drop-offs at your premises. If you think that’s you, please call either Robert Kotch or Andrew Young. Be sure to present your better side. It’s your left.

Today's Reality Lyric

“Up on Housing Project Hill/It’s either fortune or fame/You must pick up one or the other/Though neither of them are to be what they claim…”

 Stump the Band

Last month we asked what infamous person ran in, and won, the Boston and New York marathons, only to be disqualified from both? Answer: Rosie Ruiz

 T-Shirt Question

Who is considered to be the last religious martyr in United States history and why? The first person to call Gil Ortiz with the correct answer will win a coveted Breakaway t-shirt.