Further Signs of Madness
05/06/07 10:14 Filed in: Sordid Personal
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I was
riding my bike up the street towards a housewares shop - Super
Savers - that I was looking for. As I rode up, a girl rounded the
corner onto the street and put something pink down next to a stop
sign. "Did she just non-chalantly place some trash on the street
corner?" I asked. As I came up behind her it was in fact a juice
box. I rode by, disgusted, but then, disgusted a bit at myself, I
turned around and picked it up.
The girl, you she, who had headed up the street and disappeared, was wearing a yellow Super Savers jacket. I parked my bike, put the drinkbox into my shopping bag and entered the shop. What was I going to do? Confront her directly? Say "wasuremono" (forgotten thing) and hand it back to her?
I found the pot I needed and then spotted her down an aisle, stocking shelves. What to do? I slunk around the corner and watched her from behind as she took stock from a box and put it on the shelves. My chance! She turned away and I lightly tossed her trash into the box of new merchandise. Heart pounding with glee, I managed to negotiate buying a pot and I dashed out of the store. Victory!
The girl, you she, who had headed up the street and disappeared, was wearing a yellow Super Savers jacket. I parked my bike, put the drinkbox into my shopping bag and entered the shop. What was I going to do? Confront her directly? Say "wasuremono" (forgotten thing) and hand it back to her?
I found the pot I needed and then spotted her down an aisle, stocking shelves. What to do? I slunk around the corner and watched her from behind as she took stock from a box and put it on the shelves. My chance! She turned away and I lightly tossed her trash into the box of new merchandise. Heart pounding with glee, I managed to negotiate buying a pot and I dashed out of the store. Victory!
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