So the cargo surveyor mafia in NY/NJ is run by Egyptians.
These are 3rd party contractors that go and double check all of our cargo volumes and calculations, as well as those of the shoreside tsnks or ships we load from or discharge to, to give a 2nd opinion and keep everyone honest. ... and they're 95% Egyptians. They're also almost universally gregarious, honest and hard working.
Today I'm loading 2 products from shore tanks in Constsble Hook NJ. The surveyor is one of the younger guys, maybe 28. Poor kid is named Osama.
This must be what it was like to be named Adolf in the 50's. Poor kid.
I really REALLY don't want an Osama in my contact list on my phone, though. No way that doesn't get me on a list somewhere.
Best I could do is put his name down as Usama in my phone. It's enough I got a lot of Mohammads, Habibs, Beshoys and Ashrafs there. Granted half of them are Copts, pretty much ancient Catholics, but still.
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