I was
walking into a store past a motorcycle parking area and I saw a
motorcycle. That did not strike me as
unusual. But on the ground, next to the
motorcycle, was a pair of pants. That
did strike me as unusual… and a little bit amusing.
Did
someone take off his pants before he went into the store?
Was he
walking around the store, right now, without his pants?
Should
I go into the store and have them make an announcement?
I
imagined the loud speaker in store: “Would
the pant-less owner of a pair of green pants please report to the customer
service desk? Your pants have been
found.”
I
realize finding a pair of pants on the ground probably doesn’t amuse everyone
else as much as it amuses me, but sometimes it’s the little things that bring a
smile to my lips and a brief moment of joy.
So, I pulled out my phone and stood there taking a picture of the pants.
As I
was doing this a man walked past, saw the pants on the ground, saw me taking a
picture of the pants and said, “Is everything alright?”
I
looked up, slightly embarrassed, and said, “Yeah, I’m okay. I’m just taking a picture of these pants.”
He
stared at me with a look that I would describe as a “this-guy-must-be-a-weirdo”
expression on his face and walked quickly away.
I did
not ask the store management to make a “your-pants-have-been-found”
announcement. I figured if the pant-less
guy has made it this far he must have things under control.
(…Or
the police have already picked him up.)
