Sitting in my car eating lunch.
Windows are open.
Older man in a car next to mine is on a break from one of the nearby shops. He takes a last puff on his cigarette and tosses it out his window.
Rather than get angry, I simply say, “The ground is not an ashtray.” — He looks over at me. Probably as surprised as I was that I said anything — I continue, “A trash can would be a better place for that.”
He doesn’t say anything.
Just closes his window.
Gets out of his car.
Here it comes, I think. I’m about to get blasted. And then he walks back & picks up his cigarette butt where he flicked it.
And then he walks away.
2020 is full of surprises.
