The Dispatcher: My Entry For The "A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words "

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Describe what you see and feel

I see people, although a few of them seated down in a bus. At the middle of the bUs is a security agent dressed in a yellow apparel probably looking for or searching for something in the bus.

I feel that a security agent who has just entered into a public bus transport is about to search the passengers therein.

The story:

It was a cold winter night. Harry was billed to make the trip to the city centre to deliver a parcel to the biggest client of his boss. Many had tried but failed in the job. Harry however has been the best dispatcher solely relied upon by his boss. Whenever a tough delivery is involved his boss usually sends him because of how neat his jobs have been in the past.

Harry left the park very late at night and is scheduled to arrive in the morning. That's the trick, to evade security checks in the night and arrive very early in the morning when they will be too weak to supervise. On arrival, and as expected, security agents swopped on the bus. Somebody had tipped them off that a young man dressed in a hoodie was carrying an "exhibit" and on getting to the terminus a policeman flagged them down.

Harry remained rooted and unfazed. He has seen this many times. The police officer then requested the door of the bus to be opened for inspection. He came into the bus, looked sideways and spotted Harry. It was at that time that Harry started feeling unease. The policeman went straight to him and requested to see his luggage. With trembling hands, he opened them. The officer then zipped open the bag and to his amazement saw some wrapped packages in black polythene bag. He looked up and straight at Harry and uttered in a commanding voice "Gentleman, you need to see us at the station". And with that he brought out his handcuffs and arrested Harry.

This is my entry into the 'a picture is worth a thousand words' contest.