T-Park Commerce

Trailers like mine are for minimum protection against the elements, neighbors or the prying eyes of the law or social services.  Many of them are being used to house precious mail order items and collections as well.  It’s pretty obvious from the scene at the mailbox shack every evening.   Unwanted mail is discarded there and packages are immediately opened for 2 reasons.  First, the less refuse that you actually take back to your trailer the fewer or less frequent trips you will have to make to the dumpster, so leaving as much packaging, wrapping or late bill notices at the mailbox trash can really help minimize time spent out-of-trailer.  Second, they are completely helpless against and excited about the “Exclusive TV Offers” they’ve taken advantage of and can’t wait to open their packages immediately and start showing off their latest purchase.  I see 3 or 4 people a day leaving the mailboxes wearing box-creased Snuggies and carrying armloads of microwave egg boiling pods and bullet blenders.  The major T-Cred building items like NASCAR memorabilia and any series of commemorative plate collections are treated with a certain reverence that usually warrants bringing a child-driven wagon.  The wagons are preferred over cars for such tasks so as to minimize the risk of losing one’s parking spot back at the trailer.  It’s amazing the amount of infomercial items that come in here each day.  It’s also amazing that everyone isn’t in better shape since I’m certain that there is probably a P90X package in 80% of the trailers.  I suspect it’s because that much of what’s received stays in the packaging to be used for bartering.  I was advised by a T-Park insider that if I don’t want to shovel any snow this winter or ever mow my yard all it will cost me is one unopened Legends of Talladega pewter chess set or ANYTHING Dale Junior related.  Speaking of him, I’ve learned that in the T-Park “Dale Junior” means affection, peace, compassion and mercy.  His name is routinely used as both a greeting as well as wishing someone farewell very similar to how Aloha is used in the Hawaiian Islands.  The first time I heard it was from a little boy of about 10 years old and I responded “Jeff Gordon” for fun.  Never have I seen so many tears produced so quickly.  I’m expecting a visit from his parents any day now.