Went to pick up someone in the Seaholm area and could not find him. Tried calling and did not get an answer then he called me. I had a hunch that the app had me picking up around the corner instead of in front of the businesses, so I turned and went in front of the businesses. We are talking on the phone and I see him about 25 yards ahead. I tell him that I see him and I can see his lips moving and they are matching the words I am hearing so I know it is him. He is looking straight into my headlights, "I don't see you man". He walks past and is now behind me and I am telling him that I am right in front of him and I am flashing my brake lights. He turns around and is being lit up with the red from my brake lights as if he was standing on the rim of hell. "I still don't see you man". "Oh! Shit, sorry." The guy is not into the blitzed stage yet but definitely in the toasted stage. First words out of his mouth, "My friend is a Jew, I think Judaism would be a good religion for me. Are you religious?" "Fuck" I said to myself. Its going to be one of THOSE conversations. Everything from "I love religion" to "fuck religion" was coming up from the back seat. I couldn't let him stay silent or he would pass out and who knows what would happen then. So, to keep from having to deal with that, I kept pushing the conversation. "Are you Catholic?" I asked. That caused a shit storm but at least it kept him awake while I drove as fast as I could to get him to his destination. The ride ended in a barrage of "you're the greatest", "thanks for getting me here", "this was the most awesome ride ever", "I love you man". Yeah, that's the way it ended. Holy Shit! Literally.
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