WORSE THAN WORKING AT AN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION, SAYS PSYCHOLOGIST

“Sometimes weeks will go by when I see no one but my co-workers,” said a melancholy Hercules Doyle.  No, he’s not an astronaut assigned to the International Space Station, nor is he an Alaskan crab fisherman.  For nearly a year now, Doyle has worked as a salesman at Silas Matusich Scion in downtown Fluvanna.  

“It’s a lonely existence,” confirmed psychologist Dixie Hupper, who compiled the list of loneliest occupations with Scion occupying the top spot. “Our research shows that even cantankerous lighthouse keepers experience more human interaction than Scion sales people,” she said.  

“I think I sold an FR-S back in January, but it could have been February,” said Doyle, who added that every once in a while someone will come in off the street to get a free cookie from the customer lounge.