A friend in need...
Reading '92. Sleeping in a car (I made a last-minute decision to go, so I guess I should be grateful).

Woke early on the Sunday morning - to tell the truth, I hadn't slept well - and went off to find some breakfast.

Wandering round aimlessly, I passed a tent and said hi to the guy sat outside, he asked if I fancied a coffee, so I sat down and had a chat with him for half an hour or so over caffeine and a couple of ciggies.

It struck me that he was asking some reasonably personal questions, without being too pushy, and by the time we said our goodbyes I was in a much better frame of mind than I had been before sitting down to chat with him.

On the way back to the car, I turned round and saw the Samaritans flag above the tent I'd just been drinking coffee outside.

Not that I was their target audience, but I have to say the guy did a great job of cheering me up in a fairly down period of my life.
(Capo, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 23:47, Reply)