Sunday, January 24, 2010

Anthony Bourdain


I was at the Village Green pool swimming with friends, but I had to work at the Y at 1:00. I decided to go in late and was trying to make a phone call on a payphone. There was a bank of phones outside the pool office, but I couldn't get my call to go through. A guy was trying to help me, but he'd never used a payphone before and had no idea what he was doing. Every time I placed the call, it would call someone that had just called the front desk at the Y. I finally gave up and decided that they would just have to wait for me to get there at 4:00. Anthony Bourdain was a lifeguard. I didn't have my car with me at the pool and needed to go home and get work clothes. I asked Anthony if I could borrow his car. He was hesitant, but then tossed me the keys. He drove an old, beat up pick-up. I went home and got my clothes, then drove back to the pool. Then I realized that I didn't have a way to get to work. I asked him what time he got off to see if he could drive me to the Y. He told me that he didn't think he'd be able to get his truck out of the mud. I told him that I'd parked in the parking lot, not in the mud, but he said he had moved it. I looked outside and saw his truck in what can only be described as a mud cave. It was like a big pile of mud that he had pulled his truck into, with the rear end sticking out. I decided I'd have to walk to the Y and started getting all of my stuff together.

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