9.20.2005

Bum Rush, I think

My typical lunch revolves around me going outside and enjoying the weather and the feeling that I'm not stuck in four wall cubical all day long. I usually go down to a stone bus stop and enjoy the views and the sounds of the downtown experience. Today was slightly different than normal. After I finished my lunch, my brother and I (I eat with him everyday) were sitting there just waiting for the time to pass when around the corner comes this man. Now I'm going to try and explain him as best as possible so that you can truly get a feel for what was going through my mind. Starting from the top he had what I would want to call a Minnesota hat, everyone knows what it looks like, the kind with the big flaps hanging down on the side (refer to "Fargo" the movie if you have no clue). He had a two to three day beard going on, but it wasn't scruffy but rather very clean cut looking. He was wearing would call a windbreaker jumpsuit (pink in color non the less) and for shoes he had on some sort of hiking boots. The piece that topped the cake was the backpack like you would use when you climb a mountain. I don't know if he was a bum, a hitchhiker, or just a useless American like I suspect him to be. Anyways back to the story now. He comes up to me and looks at my lunch bag like there was something in there for him (sorry bud but the food is all gone). So he asked me "Have any spare change for some COFFEE?" I give him the ugh face and say nope and he looks at my brother who looks away and the man walks away. Now I feel beggers are bad enough when in terms of bus fare or money for food but when you beg for a non necessity (I can't think of the word right now), something I can't afford myself, I was irked. Who knows, maybe he just had a bad caffein headache? ::shoulder shrug:: -Beener With this post, I'm going live. EEEK

4 comments:

Ben said...

Really what is this all about, people posting porn ads in my blog. :eek:

Thomas Allen said...

Welcome to the blog world. You must realize now that your life is for everyone to see and read! When I was a lonely undergrad student in Detroit, a bum wanted my lunch. I said, "Nope" and HE YELLED AT ME!

As for porn posts, I got them not too long ago. I think I blocked any more comments since the posts would also go to my email! Nothing pisses me off more than spam. For months now I've been getting daily Viagra offers from randomly generated email senders. It makes me fucking crazy.

That's sweet that you eat lunch with your brother. You need to post a pic of the two of you having lunch. I know you can do it.


Tommy

Anonymous said...

what do you eat for lunch ?I hope it is something healthy - not the fast food crap you ached for in Pland

Ben said...

Lunch usually is PB and J...that reminds me of Penland too when I ate that instead of all that yucky healthy foods.

Bar food night is something of a faint memory now. ::sigh::