busker

They bring admirable qualities to the task:

• They positively *bustle* - speedier than the camera's lens can capture.
• They know one's dithering ways, and bully.

• They recognize what you're packing and what you're ditching:
  • "Dad! You're not dumping this?"
  • "I'm not?"
  • "Da-a-d!"
  • "OK, add it to the package."

• "You never wore this - junk it."

  

• They multi-task with the blurred speed of summer lightning.

• They can *fold*

• They can pack

  ("Don't chuck those pillow cases: I can use them to put the paintings in")

• They think ahead: "Pay attention - I'm splitting your camera stuff between boxes so the Customs don't think they're new."

• They *really* think ahead:

  "Dad, you're like sending your passport  sea-mail?"

But they do expect some readies.