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Ah, the joy of Seattle's street citizens
Apr. 24th, 2007 07:53 amOkay, last night the junkies must have been let out early or something, because the bus stop was BRIMMING with them. They monopolized both shelters and generally effed the place up. It really pisses me off when people throw trash on the ground, especially when there's a garbage receptacle RIGHT THERE. If I even so much as unwrap a stick of gum and am nowhere near a garbage can, I stuff the wrapper in my poeket until I get home. Bah.
Anyway, so the junkies were out in full force. I think I was asked about 40 times for cash, and this one guy repeatedly made a circuit with some raggedy bus tickets, trying to pawn them off for either cash or cigarettes.
When the bus arrived, it was one of the really old ones and smelled like pee...and canned peas.
I hopped off early and walked the last two blocks home. Along QA, some homeless guy saw me from half a block away and started shouting.
Him: HEY, I didn't do nothin' to you!
Me: Okay.
Him: Why do you have to be like that?! I swear, I didn't do ANYthing!
Me, keepin' on keepin' on. He follows, continuing to harangue. At the crosswalk, he really started getting in my space.
Him: You're so RUDE!
Me: Sir, I have no idea what you're talking about.
His demeanor changes here.
Him: Oh. OH! You're not...you didn't?
Me: I've never seen you before in my life.
Him: Oh, I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone else. You know, I thought QA was supposed to be a NICE neighborhood, but people weren't nice to me at all.
Me: (Kind of like how you just followed me down the street, cursing me?) I guess there are mean people everywhere.
Jeez.
Anyway, so the junkies were out in full force. I think I was asked about 40 times for cash, and this one guy repeatedly made a circuit with some raggedy bus tickets, trying to pawn them off for either cash or cigarettes.
When the bus arrived, it was one of the really old ones and smelled like pee...and canned peas.
I hopped off early and walked the last two blocks home. Along QA, some homeless guy saw me from half a block away and started shouting.
Him: HEY, I didn't do nothin' to you!
Me: Okay.
Him: Why do you have to be like that?! I swear, I didn't do ANYthing!
Me, keepin' on keepin' on. He follows, continuing to harangue. At the crosswalk, he really started getting in my space.
Him: You're so RUDE!
Me: Sir, I have no idea what you're talking about.
His demeanor changes here.
Him: Oh. OH! You're not...you didn't?
Me: I've never seen you before in my life.
Him: Oh, I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone else. You know, I thought QA was supposed to be a NICE neighborhood, but people weren't nice to me at all.
Me: (Kind of like how you just followed me down the street, cursing me?) I guess there are mean people everywhere.
Jeez.
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