#3 | Posted by LampLighter
I walked into a Mapco (convenience store chain) last night. Both clerks are Coptic Christians from Egypt.
When I saw the younger clerk didn't have a mask on while the older clerk did, but just one of those blue surgical masks, I asked him why he wasn't wearing a mask, working as he does in a building with a closed HVAC system and hundreds of people in and out all night. He replied he has asthma, so it's hard to breathe in them. He asked where he could get one like mine - a Moldex 2300 with exhalation valve, which makes it easier to wear a mask long term.
I drove home and brought him back one from a box I'd just purchased at eBay. He offered to pay, but I was happy to give him one, explaining that it was a small gesture to share a little something on the Fourth of July with these two newly minted U.S. citizens.
The older man, Ehab, nearly begged me to tell him where he could buy some (eBay). We got to talking a little. He was a lawyer in Egypt who has twin sons in college there who are nearly finished with school. His wife has been staying in Egypt to help them through. He showed me pictures from their last visit. All three are coming for a month long visit next month, which is why he was urgently asking about where to get masks. I brought him back 4 masks, which made him beam with relief for himself and his soon-to-arrive family. It was a joyeful chance encounter that made yesterday special.
#49
Relatives, snoofy.
Wu Mao(50 centism) is why you ALWAYS defend the communist Chinese dictatorship.