Today I saw the most unusual behavior. Well, it seemed unusual until I saw the story all the way through to the end.
I was sitting in the parking lot of a local fast food place. I don’t like to drive and eat, as I prefer to concentrate on one or the other.
I’m old-fashioned that way.
From the doorway of the restaurant came three people: a woman carrying a toddler, and a man.
The man came out of the door after the other two as they walked past some vehicles to get to their auto. As the man passed a pickup truck, he casually placed his empty drink cup on the bed cover of the truck, and quickly scurried to catch up with his partner. She didn’t notice him leaving his trash on another person’s vehicle.
He did notice me noticing this as our eyes met. He didn’t react but quickly started seating the toddler into the car seat while his partner fiddled with things in the front of the car.
“Now,” I thought to myself, “what am I to do about this? Obviously the owner of the truck will wonder what happened here when he or she comes to see someone else’s trash poised prettily on the back of their vehicle. Or maybe the cup won’t be noticed and will fall off and litter the place.”
I don’t want to get involved in drama but also don’t want to just let something like this go.
Fortunately patience came to the rescue. As I waited and thought, the solution revealed itself.
After the man finished buckling up the toddler, he walked over to the driver’s side of the vehicle where his partner was waiting.
That’s when he kissed her goodbye, then walked over to his truck that he’d set his unfinished drink onto.
He took a sip from the cup I assumed was empty, got in his truck, and drove away.
Seeing is not always believing.
PicsArt AI, “Man with question mark over his head”