Views From the Cheap Seats: Lifestyles of the Unskilled and Mediocre

by Bob Holt

Are you cheap? Are you unskilled? Are you mediocre? Bob Holt is. In Views From the Cheap Lifestyles of the Unskilled and Mediocre, he relates his views on the concerns of middle class workers who are forced to live on a budget, and opinions which many people may be unable to express. Many of you may be in agreement with Bob, unless your company offers a health plan with sufficient coverage for sedation. Bob is currently living in his leftover underground Y2K bunker in Mantua, New Jersey. When he decides to emerge from his headquarters, he is constantly faced with true-to-life adventures like traveling eleven miles back and forth to work and causing a gas crisis, driving from Neptune to New Egypt while remaining in New Jersey, and training for the Olympics while overcoming obstacles such as caffeine addiction and a lack of talent. Bob also reflects on the true meaning of Christmas (for 45 seconds before the mall opens), discusses the virtues of better living through Powerball, and relates the finer points of Southern New Jersey, which do not include E-Z Pass. But they do include a hermit crab beauty pageant.

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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Bob Holt, a North Carolina native, spent a tour in the Air Force before beginning his fifty years career selling restaurant equipment. During the last 25 years, he also held an active real estate “brokers” license. Traveling northeastern North Carolina as a “traveling salesman” for over 30 years, he met many interesting people and each had an interesting story to tell. He used these stories as inspirations to future works. His hobbies are many and diverse encompassing woodworking, decoys, watercolors, pencil sketching, photography, ham radio, genealogy, and writing. He currently lives in Winterville, NC with this third wife, Diana.

Reviews

[Elyse · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book of funny essays written by a man who volunteers for the Friends of the Gloucester County Library System of which I'm also a member. Bob has written for the local Gloucester County Times newspaper and the Camden Courier Post. It appears that Bob's literary hero is Dave Barry.