Do You Have A Dollar?
“Do You Have A Dollar?” That’s what the African American youth with dreadlocks on a bicycle asked me and my family as I was unloading WalMart groceries in front of my house. I just stared him down, and we all shook our heads “no” since we come from New York where we all know the moment you reach into your wallet is the moment it’s gone. I had given this teenager a buck a year-and-a-half ago, but that’s when I had a buck to spare. Guess he remembered where I live. Sorry, bud, but I’m not going to be held hostage again.
Obviously the kid lives in the area, and obviously he gets a lot of mileage out of that bike- he probably collects a dollar from people all day to afford those $150 sneakers, XBOX360, and cutting edge cell phone.
You know what I heard? I heard that the Weed Man is all dried up in South Florida. I heard the cockroaches are coming out of the woodwork now, and they are getting antsy. I heard things are going to be boiling over very soon. I guess some people are getting desperate or are maybe getting more bold in terms of robbing.
I mean, I would never, ever ask total strangers for a dollar without giving a logical explanation (i.e. I need busfare, my wallet was stolen, I have to make a public phone call, etc.). This guy just felt entitled for me to job out for him. Last time he at least made up a story about school fundraising for his football team. But now he judged me as someone to ask free money for, so I feel I can judge him as a street punk with no white guilt that my peers have.
This post can be filed in the same category to what Tony Vahl said about a woman dressing up in a nurse’s uniform to robs things to buy food, and when Vahl and R.A.W. talk about crime, drugs, and economy. This is from the perspective of someone that doesn’t even have a dollar in his pocket to give to total stranger, and how I would not have given him the dollar anyway. It’s another example of the new economy. I can’t even say “Get a job” like Sean Hannity does, because I know that there are none. So I nodded my head now, and he said “Aight” and disappeared in an instant. He was an expert with those pedals.
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Godzilla on a bicycle?
if so, interesting choice of visual metaphor.