so for all 2 of you who read this, the india posts are gone...i'll add ones i feel are significant later. for now, i'm too OCD to have the first ones on here and not the rest. that being said, today one of the most random things happened at the palmetto...and by palmetto, i mean the gas station.
on my way home from school - YES IT'S SUMMER!! - i stopped to get gas and at the pump across from me stood an old, hacking man. we'll call him george. he looked like a george. now i love old people, don't get me wrong...but the hacking is a bit of a turn off. i'm just being honest. every time george hacked, i'd cringe. i know, i'm terrible...but don't worry: God put me in my place.
being the OCD individual that i am, i decided to wash the windows of my car while i waited on the gas to pump...the pollen on the windshield bothers me...badly. george interrupted me to say, "so whatchu thinkin about these here gas prices?"
the conversation continued as follows:
me: haha, they're pretty insane
george: yeah i can remember when it was 17 cents
me: yeah, it's pretty crazy
(awkward silence. i reached up to finish washing my back windshield when george interrupted again)
george: you're a good lookin' lady...you goin to college?
me: haha (an awkward, what do i say haha mind you) i'm comin home!!
george: i admire you...(let me interrupt you here to say, ok...this was a strange conversation. at this point, i'm thinking...george admires me for going to college? that was my best guess and then he continued)...i talk to a lot of girls around here (i tried to get past how strange that seemed to me at first and kept listening) and they just act like they don't want to talk to me. and i just think i'm another human just like you.
me: (realizing my stupidity...i smiled...finally genuinely) yeah, i guess we're all in the same boat
george: haha
me: you have a good afternoon
george: nice talkin to ya
i got back in the car, turned back up the rascal flatts and was on my way with half a back windshield clean...never to see george again. did i seriously comment back to his soul-bearing statement with "we're all in the same boat"...idk if he understood what i was trying to say but i meant it with good intentions. i found myself really irritated with people my age i don't even know. why are people so rude? but then i was put in my place when i realized, i too probably would have been rude had he not said what he did.
yes, we're all in the same boat. i say that a lot - meaning, we're all human, we all mess up, we all hurt, & we're all yearning for something more. but what boat??? and why do i say that? maybe we just all need to jump out. peter did.
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oh old people make me want to cry. they're so cute and USUALLY have only the best intentions in wanting to talk to people...they just want to talk. ugh. i get aggravated with people my age, too, but then, like you, realize i'm that way more often that i'd like to be or should be. thanks for writing about that. it was humorous and encouraging at the same time.
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