My parents and I were on a trip to a local amusement park to celebrate Father's day. We had just finished lunch and were waiting for our group to reassemble outside the restaurant. I was people watching as I often do and a young man was my main focus. His hair was well past his posterior and it was extremely unkept. His clothing was of no sort of fashion I have ever seen and the group he was with seemed at best annoyed with him. I thought to myself how odd he seemed and said so to my dad. We said nothing further and went about our day.
To end our day we rode the River Rampage a round boat ride with 6 seats, there were 5 in our party. Anyone want to take a wild guess as to who our 6th person was? I was horrified because I knew my children had each selected a grandparent to sit with and this individual would be my seat mate.
That's when my big shocker came into play. HE WAS CHARMING!!! He said Mam and Sir to my parents, he asked and answered appropriate questions, he was a delight to be around. It wasn't until the very end when he could see his group of friends again that he raised his hand to wave and I was greeted with the blast of BO that would have killed a lesser individual. As we were leaving the boat, I was gathering children and waiting for my parents, do you know that he stayed behind his group to make sure that my parents got out of the boat safely?
I already attempt with great effort to not judge a book by its cover because you never really know a person until you have spoken with them at length. This guy was just a reminder of that life lesson and I thought I would share.
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