Day 10, Match dot com and a coyote?

Why “drivingyouaround” is cool?  I picked up Harold at the grocery store.  He only needed to go a few miles to get home.  Harold had plenty to be proud of. A lawyer for fifty years, accepted into the Air Force at age 17.  He was a gunner in a plane out of the Philippines in WWII, made it home, and married a “gal” that already had 3 kids.  He was proud of his relationship with his stepchildren.  For Christmas one year, they gave him his most memorable gift; they elected to change their last name to his.  I could tell Harold was sorry we could not talk longer.

#2 was a walk up.  She approached the car while on her cell phone.  “Hold on, I gotta tell this guy where I am going.”  I’m “this guy”.  She was still yapping about the big account she is working on as she walked towards her front door.  I am not sure she if she took a breath the whole time.  I felt for the sap on the other end of that one-sided conversation

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#3 was a boring ride to the airport.  Boring!  Didn’t he know I need blog material? People can be selfish.

#4 and her sister, #5, were my second non-monetary tip of my driving career.  I’m not sure which sister smelled like stale cigarettes, and which smelled like stale beer.  I would have guessed them homeless, but I picked them up at a home. 

Some notable quotes from the ride to the 24-HR Walgreen’s pharmacy:

“You can’t smoke in here Sis! This is a one of those nice cars, like a limo car or sumpthin.”

“I hope you hurry, I’m gonna have a smoke while you’re in the store, so hurry.  Hurry, okay?”

“She ain’t hurrying.”

“We are sisters but we love each other.”

“Your nice, you should come hang with us sometime.”

“Your all dressed up. Where you goin’?”

            Me – “I’m working, and apparently I am going to Walgreens”

“You ever have this gum? Its good gum. It has a cool wrapper.”

“It’s eleven dollars? Oh, well here is twelve and the rest of the pack of gum. My sister doesn’t like this gum.  I like it for gum and all.”

#7 was on a Match.com date.  I picked him up in Orland Park, near my old “hood.”  He had just finished up his first date, Stacy.  She is from Country Club Hills, which is my old “hood.”  Stacy had her own car.  #7 likes Match.com at age 45.  He only dates black (African-American) women now. He says the women he has dated are less uptight .   #7 is white (white).

#8 and I saw a coyote on the way back from the airport.  I have seen many lately.  Most of them are pretty scrawny and mangy looking.  The last one I saw was pretty healty and quite regal.  I was embarrassed to think it could have been a wolf.  #8 said he just saw a wolf.  I didn’t want to make him feel stupid and point out that it was a coyote.  Its bad for tips to make the customer feel stupid..  So I told him anyway.