Written 12/7/16
St Louis, August 2016. Walking from my hotel to downtown after sleeping off a hangover through the general session of day two of Younique Convention '16.
I had reached the downtown office district, and was walking toward the convention center. A gentleman in a motorized wheelchair flagged me down, and asked me to open a door for him. It was a side door off the main entrance to an office skyscraper, like the security door aside from a revolving door. I went to pull open the door for him, but he offered a key to open the door. It was the type of door you have to unlock , pull open, and then disengage the key from.
I remarked, "This isn't very nice," to which he replied, "I come in on Saturdays to work [extra]." I unlocked an opened the door for him, remarking, "This isn't very convenient for you." He was appreciative, and we went our separate ways.
I haven't thought of him since then. A full six months. I wonder if he's still going into work on Saturday mornings and flagging down tourists to open his lobby door for him.
St Louis, August 2016. Walking from my hotel to downtown after sleeping off a hangover through the general session of day two of Younique Convention '16.
I had reached the downtown office district, and was walking toward the convention center. A gentleman in a motorized wheelchair flagged me down, and asked me to open a door for him. It was a side door off the main entrance to an office skyscraper, like the security door aside from a revolving door. I went to pull open the door for him, but he offered a key to open the door. It was the type of door you have to unlock , pull open, and then disengage the key from.
I remarked, "This isn't very nice," to which he replied, "I come in on Saturdays to work [extra]." I unlocked an opened the door for him, remarking, "This isn't very convenient for you." He was appreciative, and we went our separate ways.
I haven't thought of him since then. A full six months. I wonder if he's still going into work on Saturday mornings and flagging down tourists to open his lobby door for him.
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