Thursday, July 24, 2008
Maybe I'm a Jerk
As I was walking from the bus stop into the office this morning, I saw a guy wearing a Luke Ridnour Sonics jersey, and my first inclination was to say, "hey, the Seattle Sonics don't exist any more you idiot, why don't you move to Oklahoma City?" But before I opened my mouth, I realized he was a pretty big guy - maybe 6'2" 260 or so - and thought that if he took offense to my remarks and wanted to start a fight, I would end up exerting way more energy than I had planned on at this time of day. I sure don't need that in my life. And so I kept walking but began to wonder if maybe I'm a jerk. I pondered this for another block and that's when I saw an indigent man on the other side of the street wearing a plastic Safeway bag as a hat. I found that odd and it distracted me from thinking about being a jerk. I then turned the corner, briefly wondered how much longer I would wander around before extracting the pebble from my shoe (it wasn't a very big one, just mildly annoying) and then walked into my office where I will no longer have the opportunity to ponder whatever nonsense pops into my head. Maybe that's for the best, I don't really know. All I can say for certain is that once I arrived at my desk, I removed the pebble from my shoe and at least that won't concern me anymore.
Well you could get away with that comment to someone like me or Wayne. But complete strangers, that would come off like you were a jerk. But no I don't think you're a jerk.
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Oh man, I was all ready to start sending cards out to people, but I get some kind of error message and it won't let me. The jerks that run that site dont' know how to program or something. Or maybe they've figured out a way to make it jerk proof. Either way, thanks Lina.
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