Weird things I've witnessed this week
There was the guy whose breath smelled like shit- literally- on thursday. His teeth were rotting right there in his mouth. And he was spraying them at me every time he exhaled.
Today, I was smoking in one of the many random little nooks in my yard, when one of our cats approached me. It was Socks. I said "here kitty kitty," and held out my hand for him to smell, but he ran off. I waited, and he came and sat down at my feet, but he watched my every move with great concern. I hadn't really been that close to Socks in a long time. He was bigger than I remembered him, and his hair was patchy on his legs above his white feet. I exhaled a little too hard and he ran ten feet away and laid down again.
I asked my dad about the mange. He said it was probably fleas.
At work yesterday, this guys came in and he had an older woman with him. She's probably in her fifties, maybe sixties, he was in his forties or fifties, but he was black and fat and I'm not sure how accurate my estimate is. Anyhoo, he was buying some fertilizer, and the woman comes up and she wants to buy some packets of seeds. He told her he's not sure he has enough money. He haggled with her. She agreed she only needs three packets. Then he told her to go wait in the car.
As soon as she stepped away, he set the packets of seed aside and said, "I'm not buying those." I thought he was joking at first, but he wasn't.
"I'm not sure I'm O.K. with this," said I.
"With what?" Said he.
"This... deception."
"Oh, don't worry about it. She's a little off today. She didn't take her meds."
"I think it's funny, how people say that nowadays," interjected my manager, "that some one's off their meds."
"I'm not kidding, she just got out of that mental hospital down the street, I'm just driving her around today, trying to be nice to her."
I rung him up. Without the seeds. The whole affair left me with a sour taste in my mouth. The seeds were fifty percent off. It seems like if he were really trying to be nice to her... I don't know.
The grand majority of Greenfire customers are polite, courteous, and grateful.
Today, I was smoking in one of the many random little nooks in my yard, when one of our cats approached me. It was Socks. I said "here kitty kitty," and held out my hand for him to smell, but he ran off. I waited, and he came and sat down at my feet, but he watched my every move with great concern. I hadn't really been that close to Socks in a long time. He was bigger than I remembered him, and his hair was patchy on his legs above his white feet. I exhaled a little too hard and he ran ten feet away and laid down again.
I asked my dad about the mange. He said it was probably fleas.
At work yesterday, this guys came in and he had an older woman with him. She's probably in her fifties, maybe sixties, he was in his forties or fifties, but he was black and fat and I'm not sure how accurate my estimate is. Anyhoo, he was buying some fertilizer, and the woman comes up and she wants to buy some packets of seeds. He told her he's not sure he has enough money. He haggled with her. She agreed she only needs three packets. Then he told her to go wait in the car.
As soon as she stepped away, he set the packets of seed aside and said, "I'm not buying those." I thought he was joking at first, but he wasn't.
"I'm not sure I'm O.K. with this," said I.
"With what?" Said he.
"This... deception."
"Oh, don't worry about it. She's a little off today. She didn't take her meds."
"I think it's funny, how people say that nowadays," interjected my manager, "that some one's off their meds."
"I'm not kidding, she just got out of that mental hospital down the street, I'm just driving her around today, trying to be nice to her."
I rung him up. Without the seeds. The whole affair left me with a sour taste in my mouth. The seeds were fifty percent off. It seems like if he were really trying to be nice to her... I don't know.
The grand majority of Greenfire customers are polite, courteous, and grateful.