Bums with cellphones
Today I was waiting for a bus. Some guy is walking down the street on his cellphone and, because no one can be bothered to keep their private conversations private, I got to hear how he was kicked out of somewhere for "resting his eyes." He had, after all, only been there for ten minutes. Don't know where it was, don't really care.
Look, we all tell our stories to put ourselves in the best light. So I have a hard time believing that this guy was only there for ten minutes or that he was "resting his eyes." I don't know that this was bullshit, but...well the likelihood that it wasn't is so low that you don't believe him either and you weren't even there.
Which brings me to my point. This guy was a bum. Maybe not actually a beggar, but apparently cell phones are so ubiquitous that even your run of the mill vagrant who catches up on his sleep by resting his eyes in public places has one. Bringing me to imagine the following:
"Hey can you spare a...hold on, I just need to get this call...Yeah, it's me...Spare a quarter?...No, not you, you're on the other end of the fucking phone and broker then I am...Hey, are you across the street?..." And the two beggars wave their cell phones at one another.
Look, we all tell our stories to put ourselves in the best light. So I have a hard time believing that this guy was only there for ten minutes or that he was "resting his eyes." I don't know that this was bullshit, but...well the likelihood that it wasn't is so low that you don't believe him either and you weren't even there.
Which brings me to my point. This guy was a bum. Maybe not actually a beggar, but apparently cell phones are so ubiquitous that even your run of the mill vagrant who catches up on his sleep by resting his eyes in public places has one. Bringing me to imagine the following:
"Hey can you spare a...hold on, I just need to get this call...Yeah, it's me...Spare a quarter?...No, not you, you're on the other end of the fucking phone and broker then I am...Hey, are you across the street?..." And the two beggars wave their cell phones at one another.