Friday, September 7, 2007

extra coins

Dan: Just when I was pretty sure I had everything figured out, I am surprised by something on the way to the Cyber. It is a beautiful Spring day, I was feeling good, I had 20 cents in my pocket. I very rarely give away money here. But today I decided to hand it over to a little lady who is always selling something from her chair on the Peatonal. I handed the change to her and she refused, but asked me to please buy what she was selling. It was, of all things, band-aids. I asked how much they were. They were more than 20 cents, and she asked if I could please just buy half a box. I asked if I could just give her these coins. A flat out, "no" was her answer. The big, arrogant gringo will have to keep his coins for now.

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