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The most memorable strangers you've ever met.
I met an old man a few years ago at a rather dull social engagement. In a room full of uptight individuals, this guy was a shining beacon of entertainment. He spouted off one-liners, cracked jokes about how boring everyone was at the engagement as everyone turned their noses up at him. Dude had me laughing so hard I literally had tears in my eyes.
At one point, the man's son walks up to him with a very stern look on his face. You could clearly see that he was rather pissed off by his father's antics. When I hear the old man reply.. "Son, I'm 92 years old. In five or ten years, I'll be gone from this pace and I'll be damned if you or anyone else stops me from enjoying each and every second of it."
I bought the man a scotch and walked up to shake his hand.
I find myself thinking of him every so often. It's been several years now, and I really envy the man's ability to be.. just so damn happy at such a point in his life.
Have you ever met someone briefly that you still remember to this day? Lets hear the story.
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[quote]Probably the time an older gent pulled a gun out and told me he was going to shoot some kid because his mom was retarded, a bitch, and so on.[/quote] After helping my friends close a hookah bar I went to my car. Right as I was about to open up the door some older gent (50+) asks me if I could give him a ride. Before I could answer he pulls out a handgun and starts to explain to me how he needs a ride in order to shoot some kid because the mother is; insert endless profanity. He then goes into detail about how he left his job early and also told his boss how he was going to shoot this kid. Told me his boss tried to talk him out of it, the people you meet downtown.. I kept telling him I couldn't, nervous as shit but this wasn't the first time I've had a gun pulled out like this or at me. After about ten minutes of explaining to him how I couldn't give him a ride I offered him money for some smokes. He took the money, said thanks, then started walking away. Got in my car and left instantly. There wasn't a shooting reported on the local news the next day thankfully but who knows..
