JerichoHill
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So here's a story of my morning. As most US posters know and some international posters may, there's this brewing uncertainty as to whether US Federal bureaucrats will be allowed into our buildings come next Monday. This has pretty much ground everything to a halt, sadly. My mind, this morning was on a few meetings we have today, determining something called "essential-ness" (Or who gets to show up to work when everyone else cannot by function of law).
I forgot to zip up my fly. Rode the entire metro ride, unzipped crotch. No one said anything. The powersuits on the subway never look up from their (a) Kindle (b) morning newspaper (c) Ipod, anyways. When my ride ended, I had no idea where to go for breakfast, so I'm wandering because I'm early into DC and ain't nothing happening at the office except busywork (this has been a good time to get reorganized and uncluttered).
Walk past a woman, sitting down near an Au Bon Pain. "Sir, your zipper is down!" I look over at her, mumble a thanks, rather embarrassed. Zip up. I had kept walking, but looked back. I felt she had acted somewhat like a grandmother would to a grandchild, tough to explain without being there, but it was kind. Did not even notice on my first glance she was homeless.
It would have been a shame to have continued on, or to just drop a quarter into her cup. Very kindly, I had been saved from potential office embarrassment. I continued walking to pick up breakfast at a little bistro nearby.
I don't think she expected to see me walking back. But I do think she enjoyed her breakfast very much this morning.
Kindness should never go unnoticed, especially when that's all someone has to give.
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Struggle to say something meaningful? Check!
So here's a story of my morning. As most US posters know and some international posters may, there's this brewing uncertainty as to whether US Federal bureaucrats will be allowed into our buildings come next Monday. This has pretty much ground everything to a halt, sadly. My mind, this morning was on a few meetings we have today, determining something called "essential-ness" (Or who gets to show up to work when everyone else cannot by function of law).
I forgot to zip up my fly. Rode the entire metro ride, unzipped crotch. No one said anything. The powersuits on the subway never look up from their (a) Kindle (b) morning newspaper (c) Ipod, anyways. When my ride ended, I had no idea where to go for breakfast, so I'm wandering because I'm early into DC and ain't nothing happening at the office except busywork (this has been a good time to get reorganized and uncluttered).
Walk past a woman, sitting down near an Au Bon Pain. "Sir, your zipper is down!" I look over at her, mumble a thanks, rather embarrassed. Zip up. I had kept walking, but looked back. I felt she had acted somewhat like a grandmother would to a grandchild, tough to explain without being there, but it was kind. Did not even notice on my first glance she was homeless.
It would have been a shame to have continued on, or to just drop a quarter into her cup. Very kindly, I had been saved from potential office embarrassment. I continued walking to pick up breakfast at a little bistro nearby.
I don't think she expected to see me walking back. But I do think she enjoyed her breakfast very much this morning.
Kindness should never go unnoticed, especially when that's all someone has to give.
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