for those that don't know i clean carpets for a living. i clean alot of empty houses and apartments for relastate management companies. sometimes there's alot of hair all up in my machine that i have to reach in and pull out. it always reminds me of the movie "the Grudge" which i have only seen the previews. incidently, my roomates saw it the same night we had the hostel prostitutes incident in Edinborough.
Anyway, so i'm in big empty house most of the day dealing with lots of scary hair with a machine that is loud enough to mask anyone sneaking up on me. on this one particular day i was in this empty house cleaning the carpet for about and hour..living room, first bedroom, second bedroom. i get to the second bedroom closet and open to be real thorough and clean inside....
there is a black guy standing up hiding in the corner.
he looks real scared as we stand there for almost a whole minute staring at eachother until he slowly says, "you scared the hell out of me"
i just scared a black guy hiding in a closet by looking at him. i must be pretty ugly.
i said, "i scared you. you're hiding in a closet"
another minute of silence
"well, you can't stay here, i have to clean where your standing"
he explaind how he got drunk at a party, climbed thrtough a window, fell asleep in an empty room, and hid in the closet when i came in. i let him out and gave him a map to show him how to get out of the neighborhood.
i wish i had been quicker on my feet so when i opened the door and saw him hiding i wish i had reached out and touched him and said Tag you iT, heheheehe, and ran around the room in circles.
or here's a sobering thought
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