REST STOP

I WAS COMING BACK FROM VISITING

MY SON IN MY MIAMI AND I

STOPPED AT A REST STOP TO

USE THE BATHROOM.

I JUST SAT DOWN ON THE TOILET

WHEN I HEARD A VOICE COMING

FROM THE STALL NEXT TO MINE,

“HEY! HOW’S IT GOING?”

ALTHOUGH I WAS QUITE SURPRISED

AND I WASN’T IN THE HABIT OF

CONVERSING TO THE PEOPLE

NEXT TO ME IN THE STALL,

I NEVERTHELESS ANSWERED HIM,

“I’M FINE” I SAID

“THANKS FOR ASKING.”

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?”

ASKED THE SAME VOICE. 

TO BE HONEST I WAS A BIT

TAKEN ABACK BY THE BRAZENNESS

OF THIS FELLOW,

BUT I WOULD NEVER IGNORE ANYONE

SO I CALMLY ANSWERED,

“I’M RELIEVING MYSELF.”

THEN I HEARD THE SAME VOICE AGAIN,

“I’M GOING TO HAVE TO CALL YOU BACK,

SOME SMART-ALECK IS ANSWERING

ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.”