Monday, March 30, 2015

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Messing with the Cops heads




A little background, in the building that I work, and in several other buildings around Pearl Harbor and the Shipyard, there have been reports of “strange occurrences”.


Some of the workers on the late shifts in some of the shops have heard machines operating that haven’t been installed for years.

The CPO Club bartenders have reported hearing Pool and Shuffle Board being played  while they were in the back room, and knowing that there wasn’t any customers in the club.

I  personally have heard:
An old school typewriter;
A bathroom stall door being latched (without the outer door opening or closing (it’s a loud door);
Cubicle noises that you would expect from someone doing office work (this one is quite common for others to hear);
and a few months ago, I smelled a lady’s perfume as she walked by my cube (I was the only one here).

You get used to it.  The way I see it is, that they are just putting in a day’s work.   

They generally don’t bother me, and I just ignore them. Except, when the radio was playing a lot of The Offspring (don’t judge me, I happen to like The Offspring) one day and I had it turned up, a bit, and I’m the only person in the cube farm:
Me: Cranking up the radio.
Two Cubicles From Me (TCFM): Cube sounds.
Me: Cranking up the radio louder.
TCFM: Cube sounds getting louder.
Me: Cranking up the radio even louder.
TCFM: Cube sounds getting even louder.
Me: “ Okay, I’ll turn down the radio” turns down the radio
TCFM: Cube sounds.

I guess that he doesn’t like The Offspring.

So, today I’m walking out of the bathroom heading back to the cube to kill some mighty paper work and the door by the elevator opens and I see a Pearl Harbor Police Officer looking around like he’s looking for someone.
Me: “Looking for someone?”
PHPO: Jumping out of his skin “Thank God you’re real”
Me: “So, I take it that you’ve encountered the ghosts”
PHPO: “Yeah, there some strange shit going on in this building” he walked part way to the library (about 40 fret away) and starts turning white (he’s an Asian guy) finally said “fuck this, I’m out of here” and left the building at a rather brisk pace.

Always glad that I can help!