Bit By Bit

Ever had to inventory a prescription (RX) room in a pharmacy? Now they have electronic/computerized codes etc. I used to 'count stuff' with an adding machine and one other person (sometimes alone), once in a while with a crew of more than two.

Just like my Dad, I'd go row on row and count full and open bottles. Bit by bit. Tall, long rows of pills. Once in a while, in an old store, there would be small drawers crammed with modern drugs, falling out literally. This would invariably happen when I was tired, with numbers running in my head (Later in my dreams!).

For such a job, it's about mindset. Physical prep is important as one spends a lot of time on ones feet. But mindset is paramount. Row on row of bottles. Bit by bit. There are cost codes indicating what the owner paid. Those are the important numbers for inventory. What the owner actually owns. Oh yes, schedule 3 drugs aka narcotics, must be counted pill by pill. Bit by bit.

Mindset is important. It's late at night. You've been counting all day. There are those seemingly endless rows of bottles, pills. How much price/quantity? Don't psych yourself out. Count what's just in front of you. Kinda like looking down when climbing you might be tempted to look at all those rows and bottles. Don't. Count and move. Count and move. It'll get done. Otherwise, bogged down, if you don't give up you might be tempted to miscount by cheating. Don't. Be accurate. It's the only way to get the job done. Bit by bit.

I'll leave you to surmise where I'm going with this, with one exception.

With all the antifreedom propaganda coming at us, remember what I said re 'the enemy that never sleeps'. Bit by bit we reconstruct, just as our enemies have labored to deconstruct all that is good, true and dear to Americans. And since we can't be COMPLETELY sleepless (-s-), we'd best learn to sleep in shifts.