black friday - the day i stay away from the malls. too much hyperactive shopping. instead i returned a DVD to my local rental store, situated in an L-shaped stripmall that includes a chinese restaurant, cardshop, radioshack, staples, dunkin donuts, and a liquor store. this place isn't in the better part of town. its situated in the poorer, more ethnically mixed section. i don't care, the prices in this stripmall are cheap.
so i was sorta curious to see a man dressed in a suit and wool coat sitting in his silver ragtop saab there. i passed him while walking from my car to the west coast video. he looked totally out of place sitting there, reading the NYT.
after returning my DVD, i got a cup of coffee at D&D, and walked back to my car, approaching the saab from behind. and then it made sense. the guy was sipping from a bottle hidden in a paper bag. he took a swig and hid it again as soon as he noticed me approaching his car. aha! i thought--you're hiding here in this shithole stripmail drinking your cheap liquor before going to some family related thing like shopping or who knows--its a holiday meltdown moment!
the holidays bring out the best people have to offer don't they? NOT!
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