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"Good. If a rear freezer door opens, this panel light goes on. WATCH IT! KIDS TRY TO STEAL AS YOU DRIVE BY! DON'T RUN OVER THEM! They shoot peas at you. I bet you did that. Huh? You look like the type.. You did! Ha. Now it's your turn to be a target. Don't chase them. They are your customers. They smell anger and love it. Show anger and you are dead meat. Expect to be hit with apples. It is part of the job. It makes the job tough. If the job weren't tough, every lazy bastard would be out there doing it. Don't discourage it. It fends off the weak hearted. Make friends with the kids and they'll take care of you. Billy will give you the skinny on that later." "See this?" grasping the tall floor stick shift and moving it all the way right then back, "This is death. This is reverse. If you put this vehicle into reverse we kill you. We kill you after we torture you. Then we fire you. Never, never, never, never ever put this vehicle into reverse. What is reverse?" "DEATH, SIR" "Damn straight. We pay people along your route to report on you. We'll come and rip your throat out on the spot. We have a device under the truck that will tell the mechanics if this truck ever went backward, even an inch. If you get caught in a dead end situation - you call us. We enjoy going on back-up calls." "The skill is to hit every nook and cranny of a neighborhood without ever traveling the same ground twice. Don't even think about reverse. Do it so the bells can be heard in advance of upcoming streets so the little faces will be peering through hands waving dollars." "Give folks what they want. Learn the flavors they want and order accordingly. By the way, YOU, .." long pause , ".. YOU own the ice cream that you carry - sign here. We, the Piper Company, do NOT sell ice cream to children. We sell it to truck drivers,