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Who are you, Shaft?

Hey Hey Hey. Guess what? I was have secured another guest for the WHO ARE YOU? series! Whoop Whoop!!! Exciting right? I knooooow!!! Get this - this week's guest's name is SHAFT!


Mackgurl: Good evening, Mr. Shaft.
Shaft: And hello to you baby, but it's just "Shaft".
Mackgurl: (Ooohh la la) Alright then, Shaft...
Shaft: Sho' yo' right
Mackgurl: LOL Well, thanks so much for joining me today and letting me borrow you for this interview.
Shaft: The pleasure is all mine.
Mackgurl: (Whoa, is he doing that caramel-coated chocolatey voice thing on purpose???) Ahem, alright well let's get right to it. So, what do you Shaft?
Shaft: That is a loaded question with many, many answers. You sure you can handle them?
Mackgurl: (Hmm, I, well, ooh...) LOL ok ok no seriously, tell us what you do?
Shaft: LOL alright, Mackgurl...I'm a retired Steward that enjoys life!
Mackgurl: A Steward? So tell our readers, what does a Steward do?
Shaft: Well I retired from the Merchant Marines... and a steward is like a chef but on a ship or an oil rig. They are in charge of the galley or in layman's terms the kitchen, lol. So a Steward does the menus, runs the galley crew and stuff like that.
Mackgurl: Oh wow!!! That sounds like that must have been super exciting. Was it? 
Shaft: Yeah, lol, it was definitely exciting and sometimes a little nerve wracking. Perhaps the scariest things about being a Merchant Marine are the possibility of pirates, suicides and dangerously bad weather. Just about every Merchant Marine can tell you a story about at least one of those 3 things. Ships that go missing during storms, never to be heard from again...But now, I fill my days with camping, hiking and traveling! I'm more focused on the things, accomplishments and adventures I have yet to do...
Mackgurl: Now that sounds like big fun! I'm sure you will have no problem finding some adventures to get into. So what would you say is the best thing about being retired?
Shaft: Hmm, that would have to be the fact that I have the freedom to do anything and everything I can imagine...
Mackgurl: Oooh I like that answer. Well, if your imagination is anything at all like mine, look out world LOL
Shaft: LOL Shut yo' mouth! Tell me about this imagination of yours.
Mackgurl: LOL oh no way, Shaft... this interview is about you, not me. As a matter of fact let's flip the question...what do you like the least about what you do now?
Shaft: That's easy -COVID. This virus is holding me back from doing a lot of things.
Mackgurl: Ugh! I know what you mean. I wish it would go away...like just disappear as easily as it seemed to appear.
Shaft: I can dig it...
Mackgurl: Shaft, I have to say I have thoroughly enjoyed our time together today. Now just one final question for you before you go and I think it's the most important one...WHO ARE YOU?
Shaft: It has definitely been fun hanging with you. As for me, I am a man that hasn't begun to really live yet... A regular guy that appreciates and loves life! I am a superhero - a superhero with no super power except the need to see everyone happy....Who am I? I am a man living in 2020 that belongs in the '80s.

Well there you have it,  Kings and Queens...another installment of the WHO ARE YOU? series. My thanks to Shaft for allowing me to borrow him for this interview.
If you know someone that you think would be a good interview - or you'd be interested in me interviewing you, speak up!! Send me an email.

~Hugs and kisses (virtually of course, lol)
Mackgurl
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