Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Staring Problem

A coffee shop is a great place to observe people.  Right now, I'm doing just that.  

I'm watching this young, but not too young, Ecuadorian gent.  There isn't anything unique about him, which makes him all the more interesting.  He is a 30 year old Ecuadorian guy, he is THE 30 year old Ecuadorian guy.  In the past 10 minutes he has probably smoked 3 cigarettes.  I'm not a smoker, but something tells me that's enough to call his cigarettes a security blanket.  Without them, I think he would appear more nervous than he already does.  He's sitting by himself, and it is completely possible that he is waiting for a friend.  However, I'm going to go out on a limb and say he is waiting to encounter a new friend, more than anything else.  At age 30, it seems that the average Ecuadorian male vies for a female's attention like a hobby.  Perhaps that's why they come off so creepy.  This specimen has slicked his hair back so many times, it's no wonder he has a receding hairline.  Every girl that walks by takes on the role of his next prospect.  A shame for him, because not one has as much as looked back in his direction.  

Maybe I should quit looking over at him and his t-shirt tucked into his 'dad jeans' and focus on something else.  I would hate to be his next prospect.

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