When I went to the church to pick up my music for tomorrow, I was confronted by a loud, angry woman who demanded to know why I was “making noise” (ironic) and “messing with things.”
Immediately thereafter, I went to a coffee shop where I stood and waited patiently for several minutes while the four people behind the counter finished their respect tasks. Finally, one of them looked in my direction and asked me if I was ready to order. I said yes, and one of the other guys behind the counter barked out: “You order with ME!”
“There were a bunch of people behind the counter,” I remarked. “I didn’t know who to go to.”
The “order with me” guy then asked me if I was having a good weekend. I was so still shocked from his initial outburst. AllI could say was, “I’m watching the Olympics.”
Next, I walked over to the post office to pick up my mail. Across the street, a guy was standing in the doorway of his basement apartment singing curse words at passers by. “La la la la la, fuck you!” (I recalled that I had seen this guy doing this once before some months ago. I had suppressed the memory ... until today.)
After the post office, I walked to a restaurant for lunch. A young woman walking in the same direction was on the phone complaining angrily to someone about her wedding arrangements. “What am I going to do, have all of my guests stay at a different hotel?” Let’s hope that that all works out for everyone’s sake.
Waking back from lunch, I passed a vocal bum who has been a fixture in the area for years. He’s a middle-aged guy who looks to be fairly intelligent. Perhaps he was a professor or an accountant before his life went on the skids. Sometimes he’s quiet, but he often mutters psycho babble at people as they walk by. As I walked past, he said, “Have CONFIDENCE ... IN YOURSELF!”
I was relieved when I got home. I’m not looking forward to going back out there. The rain gives me an excuse to stay in.
I realize that these incidents didn’t all happen in the same “minute,” but they were all part of one rather bizarre midday walk. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
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