Today as I was exiting the gas station with my “Hydr8 Limeberry” drink (recommend skipping that one next time), a gentleman with sunglasses started talking to me as I passed by. He held out his hand as if to shake mine. So I shook it. He began his spiel:
“Hey man, you know, I’ve been in trouble and cleaned up, but I still smoke cigarettes and drink beer…..”
Me: “That’s an expensive habit”
Him: “and…..”
Let me note that at this point, he glances over to a cute woman who’s walking about 30 feet away, smiles at her, and waves with his free hand (the one NOT holding the 40oz beer can in a paper bag).
I must admit, I was kind of offended. It’s like we were in the office chatting and he saw Sally start to use the photocopier and said, “Hey girl, how are you doing today??” in the middle of our conversation. So, to punish him, I started walking away. He broke the circle of trust.
Him: “Hey, man, so I was wondering if you could spare anything….”
Me (walking away, almost to my car): “You’ve broken the circle of trust. Sorry!”
(Just kidding. I said the same thing I always do which is, “No cash – sorry”. Now that I think about it, I should have told him to smoke Marlboro so that my Altria stock price would increase – but somehow I don’t think that would go over so well.)
As I was backing out, this other guy started walking toward my car with two CD’s in his hand – waving them at me.
I just shook my head and said, “No.” and kept backing out.
So now I know to avoid that gas station, as well as a really good car wash down the road – you’re guaranteed to get asked for money at these places.
In other news, I went to the DMV today. Sure, you’re expecting a rant here – but I went at 11:00am, was at the customer service counter by 11:05, and had my license renewed and picture taken by 11:15am. It was pretty surprising. That’s possibly the shortest DMV rant you’ll ever hear.
