Sassoon's Sketches for a Saturday Afternoon

Constantine Vlacmose was anything but weird. How could a weird man hold down a responsible job like his a job that called for the utmost stability mental clarity intestinal fortitude fearlessness well you get the idea now. You don't think being a cabby in New York City is easy do you! You try dealing with the crowded streets the thousands of cars buses and trucks two million on-rushing pedestrians blaring noise accidents cops firefighters and assorted other distractions. Easy are you joking! From: Are You An Ass A Fool Or A You-Know-What?** . It was a good interview the television news personality declared to Jay Pripnet the person he'd just interviewed. Thank you for your help. The segment should air in about two weeks. I'm certain we'll get a good response. Jay Pripnet extended his hand to the voice of the man who he couldn't see. No no no” he answered in reply. “Let me thank you for helping get the message out that in this age of technology blind people no longer are helpless that they can perform many of today’s jobs as well as sighted people. From: A Soul Melting in the Darkened Sun**. I am a lower level executive with the Walrus Fund which is located down on Wall Street. What I do with most of my time is compile reports on stocks and bonds and on municipals and mutual funds and the like. The reports I compile are placed in the hands of other executives. They use the reports which in reality are reams of paper stacked on top of one another to determine how they can create additional paper which in turn will be used to make more paper that will generate lots and lots of money which by the way is really only paper. That money will then be thrust into the back pockets of Chairman of the Boards CFOs (Chief Financial Others) and CEOs (Chief Executive Others) as quickly as is humanly or otherwise possible. From: I Am Looking At Two People While They Talk**. So begins three of Elias Sassoon’s short stories in Sassoon’s Sketches For A Saturday Afternoon. Sassoon is often humorous usually thoughtful and always entertaining in these enchanting tales.