Apples and pears... a matter of ripeness
I'm not gonna talk about fruits.
There are these two boys, friends of mine.
Imagine this: one of them is from another town (let's call him A), the other came to live here about 7 years ago but doesn't own a car and doesn't know this city very well (let's call him B). He moves with trains and busses or in others' cars.
They go, a little trip to another town, about 150 miles away from here, to another friend's house, we'll call him C.
This city public transports work till midnight, some till 1AM.
B, in the morning, takes a train to A's town. They jump on A's car and go.
Nothing strange till now.
At 11 PM, B calls me.
B: "Hi! How are you?" just imagine a *smiling* voice.
I: "Ah.. Nice."
B: "Do you think you'll be still awake in about... uhm... two hours and a half?"
I: "Uh... I don't know. D'you want to go and take fresh croissants before dawn, hm?" joking
B: "Wow! Why not? And maybe we'll take them on the way to my home."
I: "Your home...?"
B: "Yes.. you know, we're still here at C's home and we won't be back at least until 2 AM... public transports not working... and I'm not able to tell to A the right way...."
I: "Are you joking?"
B: "If you go to bed there's no problem.. we'll make it out..."
I: thinking "...so... there's not been a storm, a hurricane, an earthquake... no locusts invasion or aliens... OMG, this is not happening..."
I: replying "Call me again in about one hour and a half and let's see..."
B: "Uh.. okay, thanks." hangs up.
If we sum A's and B's ages, we have this number: 63.
I'm always there for friends if they need something. But did they really need help?
Important note: they were not in the middle of the desert, they were in C's house, with a pc, an internet connection, mobile phones and clocks.
I just figured out their thougths and conversation about this:
A: "We're late, how can you go home?"
B: "Uh.. I don't know.." thinks... IDEA! "You know the route to her house, she knows the route to mine. We go to hers and then she takes us to my home, next you take her again to hers and finally you can go home" a shiny genius smile.
A: "Ok." without thinking for only one second that this is the worst piece of idea of the last decade. It takes about an hour to go to B's house and come back to my house.
B calls me.
I was tempted to let them drive through the city til morning.
I did what they didn't even think to do: opened my city map site and print the route.
They arrived at about 2.30 AM, I was still awake, yes and not because I was waiting for them.
Gave them the print and sent them out in the real world, where people is used to make its brain work.
63 years in two: so damn wasted.
There are these two boys, friends of mine.
Imagine this: one of them is from another town (let's call him A), the other came to live here about 7 years ago but doesn't own a car and doesn't know this city very well (let's call him B). He moves with trains and busses or in others' cars.
They go, a little trip to another town, about 150 miles away from here, to another friend's house, we'll call him C.
This city public transports work till midnight, some till 1AM.
B, in the morning, takes a train to A's town. They jump on A's car and go.
Nothing strange till now.
At 11 PM, B calls me.
B: "Hi! How are you?" just imagine a *smiling* voice.
I: "Ah.. Nice."
B: "Do you think you'll be still awake in about... uhm... two hours and a half?"
I: "Uh... I don't know. D'you want to go and take fresh croissants before dawn, hm?" joking
B: "Wow! Why not? And maybe we'll take them on the way to my home."
I: "Your home...?"
B: "Yes.. you know, we're still here at C's home and we won't be back at least until 2 AM... public transports not working... and I'm not able to tell to A the right way...."
I: "Are you joking?"
B: "If you go to bed there's no problem.. we'll make it out..."
I: thinking "...so... there's not been a storm, a hurricane, an earthquake... no locusts invasion or aliens... OMG, this is not happening..."
I: replying "Call me again in about one hour and a half and let's see..."
B: "Uh.. okay, thanks." hangs up.
If we sum A's and B's ages, we have this number: 63.
I'm always there for friends if they need something. But did they really need help?
Important note: they were not in the middle of the desert, they were in C's house, with a pc, an internet connection, mobile phones and clocks.
I just figured out their thougths and conversation about this:
A: "We're late, how can you go home?"
B: "Uh.. I don't know.." thinks... IDEA! "You know the route to her house, she knows the route to mine. We go to hers and then she takes us to my home, next you take her again to hers and finally you can go home" a shiny genius smile.
A: "Ok." without thinking for only one second that this is the worst piece of idea of the last decade. It takes about an hour to go to B's house and come back to my house.
B calls me.
I was tempted to let them drive through the city til morning.
I did what they didn't even think to do: opened my city map site and print the route.
They arrived at about 2.30 AM, I was still awake, yes and not because I was waiting for them.
Gave them the print and sent them out in the real world, where people is used to make its brain work.
63 years in two: so damn wasted.