Tuesday, February 13, 2007

PULL UP A CHAIR
I dropped into Starbucks for a cup of substitute coffee and decided to use the can before I order while I have a chance. Here you piss even if you don’t have to because you never know when you’re going to get another opportunity. While waiting, this woman pulls a chair up right next to the bathroom door in what’s already a tight spot. She then takes out a plastic zip-lock bag and pulls out a wad of bills and starts counting cash right in front of me. I never did use the bathroom. Whoever was in there was taking so long I figured the place would probably smell so bad or be so contaminated I’d feel violated if I stepped inside.