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I'll ask you to forgive the size of the file, if you care to bring it to full size. Full size here seems to equal twice real size.

Meet "Saturday Man."

Anyway, little story behind this.

While I was in high school, I worked at a supermarket, in the bottle return department. There were 4 machines to take plastic and cans, plus me behind the counter for glass and stuff that the machines didn't take. I was responsible for maintaining a clean area, maintaining the machines, and running glass through a crushing machine into barrels. On most days, it was a relatively simple task. On Saturdays, however, it seemed that nearly everyone brought the returnables they'd stored through the past year, all at once. As a result, I was running like a maniac, changing bags when the machines were full, removing obstructions, slamming glass through the crusher, in between customers continually bringing stuff to the window. Oh! Only so many bags and full barrels would fit in the bottle room at one time; at some point, we'd have to run the full bags to a truck trailer in the back of the store. The more people came, the more frequently that would be necessary, and the more it was necessary, the harder it was to keep everything running smoothly.

Not that I minded; it kept me busy.

But, it was a bit stressful from time to time. It's one thing for the machines to fill or need an adjustment, one right after another; it's another thing entirely when two or more (usually "or more") fill at once. The tubs in which glass was stored was another thing; Saturday was the day I'd usually wind up having overflow in one or more (again, usually "or more") of the tubs lined up for crushing.

So, it was on this basis, that I drew this little dude. He is just a little hairball with feet and arms ... pulling his hair out from stress. Thus, the name.

Edit: I would be remiss to not show you Jestloo 's representation.

Description
I'll ask you to forgive the size of the file, if you care to bring it to full size. Full size here seems to equal twice real size.

Meet "Saturday Man."

Anyway, little story behind this.

While I was in high school, I worked at a supermarket, in the bottle return department. There were 4 machines to take plastic and cans, plus me behind the counter for glass and stuff that the machines didn't take. I was responsible for maintaining a clean area, maintaining the machines, and running glass through a crushing machine into barrels. On most days, it was a relatively simple task. On Saturdays, however, it seemed that nearly everyone brought the returnables they'd stored through the past year, all at once. As a result, I was running like a maniac, changing bags when the machines were full, removing obstructions, slamming glass through the crusher, in between customers continually bringing stuff to the window. Oh! Only so many bags and full barrels would fit in the bottle room at one time; at some point, we'd have to run the full bags to a truck trailer in the back of the store. The more people came, the more frequently that would be necessary, and the more it was necessary, the harder it was to keep everything running smoothly.

Not that I minded; it kept me busy.

But, it was a bit stressful from time to time. It's one thing for the machines to fill or need an adjustment, one right after another; it's another thing entirely when two or more (usually "or more") fill at once. The tubs in which glass was stored was another thing; Saturday was the day I'd usually wind up having overflow in one or more (again, usually "or more") of the tubs lined up for crushing.

So, it was on this basis, that I drew this little dude. He is just a little hairball with feet and arms ... pulling his hair out from stress. Thus, the name.

Edit: I would be remiss to not show you Jestloo 's representation.