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November 29, 2005

Ew!

Today at this cafe I was cornered by a dirty patron.

Late afternoon, short spell of sun. Decide to venture out for a breath of fresh air. But freshness was the opposite of what I was about to encounter. I shall keep the name of the establishment anonymous, as the following was by no means the fault of the locale.

Here goes. I'm sitting at this table and have just opened Remains of the Day to the beginning of a chapter on Dorset. I'm trying to focus on what makes a "great butler" when this balding old dude plops down at the next table. He's wearing sweats and is alarmingly close, already offending my space.

Then he takes liberties.

He reaches down to his right leg and pulls up the sweatpant -- cuff? --, exposing a white, scabby leg and disgusting white socks. Clearly, neither have been washed in weeks. I start to choke on my drink.

Then he lifts his leg onto the table and proceeds to scratch the scabs! He does this slowly and deliberately, knowing anyone whose peripheral vision isn't damaged will have no choice but to see. There are other people nearby. We shoot each other looks.

As nausea sets in, I place my bookmark and gather my coffee, bag, coat, scarf, gloves and hat. I desperately need to move out of eyeshot. This means sharing a table with someone else, as the place is unusually crowded, but doing so is very well worth it.

Posted by Dipika at November 29, 2005 5:27 PM

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