exercising my literacy

A bagel and a stranger.

Waiting for my blueberry bagel to be heated up, I overheard the girl in front of me talking to the coffee guy. The girl was giving the him a CD and asking him to play it in the cafe. The coffee guy was hesitant but then took it after she insisted that it was free. She quickly thanked the guy and shyly ducked out.

The girl was not exactly pretty. She was Asian, rather plump and frumpily dressed. The coffee guys had a laugh about this girl, which I thought was uncalled for. But they played the CD anyway.

If you ever saw this girl on the train, walking by you in the street, never in a million years would you expect her to have a voice as amazing as that. It was the perfect accompaniment to my bagel and coffee. Velvety smooth voice on jazzy piano chords. It was a joy to listen to.

Which made me think, how much amazingness lay in the people around you that you will never know, never expect. Each person sitting next to you on the bus, the checkout chick, your lecturer... so many cool things about people that you might never find out.

That girl might've been the coolest person I've never met.

posted by me. @ 3:06 PM