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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Good question

I was waiting for a co-worker outside Starbucks yesterday afternoon when a man walked past. Lost in thought, I didn’t notice him until he was two steps past me, then turned around and walked back toward me. He was middle-aged, missing teeth and had sort of a disheveled look about him.

“I wasn’t going to say anything,” he said. “I really wasn’t. I was just going to keep going.”

“Great,” I thought. “He’s going to ask for money. Will it be 50 cents for a bus fare? Five dollars for his kid’s medication?”

His breath was nauseating — booze and cigarettes.

“I wasn’t going to say anything. But I just have to…”

He pointed at me.

“That shirt… And that tie,” he said with disdain. “What were you thinking???”

Posted by Aaron on February 14, 2008 12:28 PM