I just came back from the bank and was solicited by a young boy to buy something for his group or something. There are many things wrong with this picture that absolutely infuriated me.
1. Why wasn’t he at school? I think he was about 11 or 12.
2. Isn’t it wrong to ask people for money at a bank? I mean .. true .. you should probably hit people as they are getting money but come on!! I thought there was some unwritten law that was just known about NOT DOING it.
3. I saw him before I went to the ATM. Perhaps this is why I was the only one at the ATM. Everyone else seemed to be going inside.
4. Where were his parents? He was seriously just standing there by himself.
I am sure there are more things that I just can’t think of right now … but I was just so irratated at the fact that I knew he was gonna ask me for money right after I was getting some. I could feel him looking at my back just waiting to pounce on me. Maybe I’m just used to my little bubble where things like this don’t usually happen. I mean … I was in Palo Alto. It just doesn’t happen so much around here. I would care less if it was happening in my neighborhood in San Jose or something. I probably sound pretentious now. Oh well. I was just bothered.