He's whipped out a 100-foot length of tape and is measuring the space from back to front. Eventually, somebody will sell sports celebrity memorabilia in here. Right now, there's nothing to sell except confidence. Carlson is from Indiana. He spends 350 days a year on the road, building stuff, trying to beat deadlines and occasionally making it home to take his girlfriend out for dinner.
Building is fun.
Building fast is a gas. Gregory Latimer asks to no avail. Usually, there's a sign out front with a name. Latimer, of Norfolk, has been finding temp work at the mall off and on for five months. He's a painter, but it's the cold season.