Fine image, but I am offended by his pants. 😀 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 1:12 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > This young man was playing music in the parking lot of the shopping center > as I arrived at the bicycle shop the other day. The music was haunting and > beautiful, I stood entranced by his playing for several minutes and fished > a few dollars out of my wallet. Several other folks as I stood there walked > up, thanked him, and put money into the jar he had at his feet. On the jar > was a photo of him with his young wife and child, with a very small note > that said, "Thank you for helping. We lost our home in a fire." > > https://flic.kr/p/2gESvpw > > As I walked up to put my money into his jar, one of the shop clerks across > the way strode out and upbraided him for "... annoying people with that > music! I'm not saying the music is bad, but not everyone is going to like > it. You're going to cost me business!" He was being quite the butthole. The > young man said, "I'm sorry, I meant no harm." A half dozen people on the > sidewalk shouted, "Leave him alone!" It was horrible. > > After the idiot clerk retreated back into the store, I walked up to young > man and thanked him for his music, "You play beautifully, your music is > wonderful. All these people love it. Don't let the fools get you down." He > had a tear in his eye and gave me this quiet little smile and the peace > sign. I asked if he minded I take a photo, and he nodded. I crossed the > street to go into a store ... when I looked back, he'd left. > > A few minutes later, in the store that the clerk came out of, I saw the > clerk standing there talking to his colleagues (and presumably he was their > manager). "… You just have to put a stop to such people, they ruin the > business if you let them have their way..." > > I walked up to the group and addressed him. "Sir, I have a complaint." > > "About what?" he said in his best smarmy manager voice. > > "About the awful music you play in this store. It sounds like I'm standing > in an smelly elevator. There was some beautiful music as I approached the > store, I thought it was coming from the speakers in here—it's why I came in > here!—but I guess not," I said back. > > I turned with my purchase and left. I saw his colleagues snickering as I > walked away: he stood there open-mouthed and looking foolish. > > Enjoy! > > G > — > No matter where you go, there you are. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
