As I entered the coffee shop the door was held open for me
by the most surprising individual. It must have been a young girl that was no
older than 10. She wore a very nice dress that was black and white that came up
to about her chest. She was quite heavy set for most children her age. But the
whole fact that she held the door open for me was most surprising, as I smiled
at her and said thank you. As I looked at the pastries the lady at the counter
asked me by name what I would like to drink as I made my decision as to what I would
like to go along with my coffee. I think that barista is the only one that
knows me by name, ha-ha, yet she mistakes me for my best friend half of the
time; not that I mind at all. She does a very good job to remember as many
names as she does. Its quite impressive given the volume that they see every
day. As I sat there eating my blueberry muffin and watching the interaction
going on a little boy no older than seven walked by me, and again he caught my
attention as he walked past me wearing a green baseball cap and caring a
skateboard that must have been bigger than he was along with an orange shirt.
The young boy looked up at me and smiled as I winked at him. He looked away,
and then looked back at me and I smiled and winked at him again. All the while
this is happening there is a group of young woman must be about five of them
sitting together at the biggest table in the coffee house sitting and chatting
rater loud. As they laugh it sounds like horrible cackling. I’m not quite sure
what they are talking about, but two in particular catch my attention. One is
chewing on the side of her fingers, it must be an oral fixation, or a nervous habit.
But ill go with the latter as she seems to be conversing freely with the others
as though she has either known them for a long time, or she is very comfortable
with them. The other is fidgeting with her hair as she twirls it around her
right index finger. I really wish they would be a bit quieter. A young man
walks in with stubble that is well kept. He must be middle eastern by his skin
color, hair, and facial features. Most everyone that I have seen that are from
the middle east seam to grow a much similar beard, at least in the manner that
it is really thick. What I find most prominent about him is the limp that he
walks in with on his left leg. As he walks he shifts his weight to his better
foot; either from a recent injury or a pre existing injury. The Drink he orders
is a Frappuccino that looks to be maybe vanilla on the bottom with chocolate on
the top along with whip cream. He is wearing jean and sandals. His limp causes
him to drag his left foot instead of just a hobble. There is a couple that has
come in that is most interesting as they are both wearing horizontally striped
shirts that are nearly identical in color. This couple must be close to middle
age; the male is clearly older than the woman and must weigh about a third more
than the young woman. He is not fat but he definitely has put on some weight
giving indication of being able to eat consistently. The woman on the other
hand is very thin; not anorexic thin. But seeing her has me looking up anorexia
on my phone to familiarize my self with what it is once more. Her shirt is striped
like her partner’s shirt, but more of an off color, and considerably shorter
than her partners. Come to think about it, there is a local that is always at
this coffee shop that wears an incredibly short cut shirt along with what look
to be uncomfortably low cut shorts for most of todays society. I have no idea
how anyone can find wearing shirts or shorts that are that low cut to be so
comfortable.
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