tormented soul

The public transportation system in C-U has been running an ad campaign for a while now that features various bus drivers, each with a photo and a personal tidbit enlarged and slapped on the sides of the buses. I kinda like it; it feels really community-grounded, or something. Anyway, I saw one this morning on my way to class that said something along the lines of "Four years with MTD, father of three, writes jingles in his spare time."

Now, in his photo, the guy looks pretty well-adjusted. But I can't help thinking that with a little embellishment, this guy sounds like a great protagonist for a short story or something. Methodically driving around a relatively small town on the same route everyday, eternally tormented by catchy little diddies that run through his head incessantly. He can write them down and sell them and try to move on from them, but there's always a new jingle playing in his mind... "I gotta get to the autopark! The O'Brien Autopark" (People in C-U might know which jingle I'm referring to.) And he's good at it, so there's always some local company willing to pay him for a new one. And he hears his work on the radio as he's driving around, but even when he's not driving, he's constantly hearing radio jingles. He tries listening to other music, but once it's done playing, he remembers it cheesier. Like the KidzBop versions of already overly-catchy pop songs.