tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512063486809732878.post3356104714507077464..comments2020-11-10T20:42:53.627-08:00Comments on Trying to Stop being Clever: Hope Afterall?Minor Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485964268580521887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512063486809732878.post-84563483993344578772018-01-25T16:14:42.913-08:002018-01-25T16:14:42.913-08:00I always thought there was something a little weir...I always thought there was something a little weird about the way this kid reacted when I thanked him. In retrospect I realize that, the way he went in there and immediately deduced that the stall was empty and slid underneath as though it wasn't his first time, it may well be that, in a harmless little boy prank, he had locked the stall himself and slid out underneath. Not that I am mad at him for it (if in fact that was the case, though I like to think it wasn't). If nothing else, he realized that the prank was causing a major inconvenience for people, and so he wanted to undo it, to rectify the situation. Either way I appreciate what he did and I still remember the hassle of that day, bringing Martha to the bank only to be told that they couldn't do anything for us because she didn't have a driver's license (she literally DIDN'T HAVE ONE. She was 99 years old and didn't drive anymore, so hadn't renewed it in years), and then the emergency of her having to go to the bathroom, and then that on top of it.<br />Then again, I don't remember but it's possible that the kid went in and came out while we were waiting, which means he didn't lock the stall because it was locked before he went in. In the "anything's possible" sort of way I like to look at things, he could have been there for some time (they were leaving the same time as us and apparently had eaten there, not just used the restroom) so he could have gone in earlier, before we got there, and pulled his prank. But like I said, if that's the case, he at least had the decency to undo what he had done, which goes to show he didn't want to cause harm to anyone, he's just being a kid.Minor Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485964268580521887noreply@blogger.com