In some respects, it often feels that my job is a little prophetic.  I bring light to darkness.

That makes me sound like a bit of a deity or something along those lines, but I guess that isn’t exactly what my real job description would be, but rather the glorified version of it.  Truth be told, it is a little less exciting, but when I tell everyone that I deliver Fulham Ballast light bulbs, people don’t really have a response as they don’t know what I just said.

I have also seen many people just shake their heads in acknowledgement even though that you can see in their eyes that they have no idea what was said.  I just wish that these people would ask for clarification about what I do instead of pretending to understand – in some respects, I feel a bit insulted when that happens.

So, after many attempts at trying to describe exactly what I do to friends and acquaintances, I finally decided that I would dummy it down as much as I could so it would be something that they would understand.  Now, when someone asks what I do for a living, I just tell them that I deliver fluorescent light bulbs, and pretty much everyone can relate to that.

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