In the aisle of a grocery store, I spy\u00c2\u00a0 shifty looking man with a case of acne which seems to betray drug use of one type or another.\u00c2\u00a0 (My caveat being to reference one time where based on sunburned nose up against a pale face someone assumed a similar betrayal — false of course.)\u00c2\u00a0 The suspicousness of the man is confirmed when he strides past me, and out from under his coat drops a carton of chocolate milk.\u00c2\u00a0 He akwardly creeks and he picks the thing up to shift back under his coat, “Hi… Just… trying to… get some food… to eat.”\u00c2\u00a0 Good meal, I suppose, chocolate milk.\u00c2\u00a0 I roll my eyes around to see where we are in relation to the camera or security, but otherwise just walk ahead, muttering something either perceptibly or not perceptibly to the shop-lifter.\u00c2\u00a0 But I draw no attention to him.<\/p>\n
So it is that I am an accomplice to petty theft.\u00c2\u00a0 And now so are you.<\/p>\n
…………..<\/p>\n
I walk up to a cross-walk, at the same time a bicyclist stops.\u00c2\u00a0 The streets are clear of traffic, which in the usual course means I will walk on and jay walk — unless there is a mommy\/daddy\/child unit, in which case I am obliged to be a proper stranger role model to the child to OBEY TRAFFIC RULES.\u00c2\u00a0 The fellow next to me stops, obviously waiting to see if I walk on — following my lead.\u00c2\u00a0 I have the power of decision in my hand, this bicyclist has opted to leave me with the decision — somewhat analogious to\u00c2\u00a0my Child Rule of strictly adhering to cross-walk rules, he encompasses it further to what society around him does.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It is an odd stand-off. \u00c2\u00a0So, after a few seconds, I walk on — and he proceeds to do the same.\u00c2\u00a0 We are accomplices to each other’s petty jay-walking.\u00c2\u00a0 And now so are you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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