I love candy. I can't kick my sweet tooth cravings and I have no desire to try. So lately I have been finding small pieces of bubble gum on the kitchen counter among Buck's things. And it's not like a handful of pieces...it's just one solitary piece of bubble gum each day with Buck's stuff. At first I just didn't touch it, and then one piece would become two pieces, then three pieces. At the end of the week, there were 4 or 5 pieces of gum. So a couple weeks ago I was going to ask him about all the gum and then I noticed that they were all gone! So I forgot all about it until it started happening again last week. Again, I was doing dishes before going to work and I saw that one piece of gum sitting there. It looked very good and lonely and went to grab it but felt guilty and had to stop myself. Why was he saving that gum? I never saw him even eat it. I was thinking about it for a long time and finally figured it out. It's some cruel test he's putting me through to see if I would selfishly take his piece of gum, not thinking of him or the trials he had to go through to get that piece of gum. Frankly, I find it offensive that he thinks I would thoughtlessly steal his gum. So I've been making it a point everyday to eat that gum. I've been even leaving the wrapper at the very top of the trash, and the other day I left it on the floor right beside the trash can so it looks like I just accidently missed while throwing the evidence away. All to let him know that I know what he's doing and I don't think it's very nice. He hasn't said anything or even seemed to have noticed, but still he'll leave that piece of bubble gum on the counter almost everyday. And I eat it. Everyday.
I see alot of the same people everyday at the gym but I don't care to talk to them. Most of them I even avoid because they constantly gab with the other regulars. But there is this one guy who I make a point to wave to every day. He's a big black guy who drives a big black truck and I know he's in the gym when I am, but I NEVER see him working out. Except once, he was doing some ab exercises on a tiny machine that I thought would snap like a tooth pick underneath him. He looks very strong but very softspoken as the same time. I think he sticks to the aerobic machines and thats why I never see him. Anyways, I wave to him every day, usually as he either enters or leaves the gym, and only once has he ever talked to me. He stays out of my way, he doesn't hunt me down to waste my time with small talk. I love that guy. He rocks. I wish the other people would learn from that guy.
