And now for something silly
Sometimes, we just need to laugh a little (I hope this does the trick)
Hi friends,
Ok, after last week’s true confession-esque, bit-of-a-downer email, I thought I would change things up and share some silliness.
Over my 10+ years of blogging, I wrote exactly one post just for the fun of it. A friend recently asked me if I would reshare that post, telling me that it was his favorite post of mine of all time. After much reflection, I’ve decided to take that as a compliment (not looking too deeply into the fact that the rest of my writing, i.e., pretty much ALL of my writing, might not be his cup of tea), and so, if you haven’t read it before…
To the man that stood right next to me on the escalator
Hi there, fella.
I was extremely humbled that you decided we were close enough in our relationship for you to stand right next to me on the escalator at the airport. It’s true, I only just met you as we happened to get to the entrance to the escalator at the same time, with me slightly ahead of you. But still, I can see how you thought that we were close enough in our friendship to take the leap and jump up there with me.
I was particularly surprised considering there were barely any other people on the escalator at the time, but that’s just the kind of friend you are. I can imagine if we went to the Waffle House together you might sit right next to me in the booth. “Booyah, that’s friendship right there,” I can imagine you saying.
I expected after we shared that 90-second ride to the top, you might want to chat or grab a coffee or something, but no, you powered on to your flight as if we were perfect strangers.
I like your style.
The people that passed us going down the escalator gave us a few odd looks, didn’t they, big guy? Almost as if we were a couple of dudes standing awkwardly next to each other for no reason whatsoever when there was plenty of room to ride on separate steps.
Those simpletons.
And you smelled good, too. I normally don’t get to smell other people on the escalator because, well, usually they stand on their own steps and not on mine. I’m guessing the night before you helped yourself to a few extra servings of garlic sauce and then polished off a coffee here at the airport this morning. Living life to the fullest.
That’s so you.
Hopefully, we will meet again one day. I won’t recognize you, unfortunately. Even though we were right next to each other for an impossible minute and a half, I didn’t turn and face you for fear that we might accidentally turn at the same time and our lips would touch.
That would have made this experience awkward.
Plus, you were clearly behind me when we got on the escalator. I mean there’s no debating that, even though you aggressively and swiftly jumped up onto my…sorry, “our” step right at the same time I did. Due to your agility, I never got the chance to see your face.
But if I get on an escalator one day in the future and at the last minute someone quickly steps up right next to me, I’ll know it’s you.
Then we can finally meet, and I can ask you….
What the heck is wrong with you, you psycho?
The Point
Sometimes, we just need to laugh. I hope you found some humor in this post. And if you did, and you know someone that might need a laugh today, please pass this on to them.
I hope you’re happy,
Jeff
PS - Not today, French bulldog…
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