My power window broke last Thursday. Since I had to wait for the right part to arrive to the mechanic, I ended up taking the public bus for a couple of days to go to lab in the morning.
While groggy, and slightly irritated that I did not have access to my car, I was waiting for my connection by the intersection of Oracle and Grant. When I sat down at the bus stop, a middle-aged woman, who looked tired, asked if she could use my phone.
I gave her my phone and since I was about 2 feet away from her, I could not help but hear her conversation, which went like this…
“Hi, it’s Sonya… I need a place to sleep… pause… I am on Oracle and Grant… pause… ok, I will be there in a little bit.”
Wow.
It really put things in perspective… I felt kind of silly that I was irritated that I had to take the bus for a couple of days.
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