FrenchMovieTheme
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this happened earlier last year, but i was just reminded of it and how weird it was.
the date: early 2003. i am working at a record store in hollywood. so, this foreign guy comes up, i assume he is from africa (thanks to his accent and the fact he is very dark skinned). so he comes up to me with a map and he says "do you know how to get to riverside?" well, i am terrible with directions, but he is in luck because i grew up in riverside and that's where my parents live. so i say yeah you can take the 10 freeway to the 60 and just follow it to riverside. i tell him it is about an hour drive. he says to me "how do you get there by streets?" and i say "Uh... the CITY of riverside??" "Yes." "... uhhh???" and i ask my buddy who is at the register next to me "dude do you know how to walk to the city of riverside?" and he also has a puzzled look, then the guy says "Doesn't anyone WALK in this country!" and he takes his map and leaves.
fastforward about a year and a half later. i have a new job. this is nowhere NEAR the city nor is it near the record store that i used to work at. anyways im at work one afternoon alone, and this guy walks into the store. now, the place of the store i work at is in the corner of the store. there is an information desk at the front of the store, there are a gajillion OTHER people in the store at the front. this guy comes into the store, and heads straight for where i am at. he has a map in his hands, and he asks me if i know how to get to riverside. now in my mind i am saying you have to be fucking kidding me, it is the SAME GUY FROM OVER A YEAR AGO! i just play it smooth and say "you know what, i dont know how to get there, maybe someone in the front knows".
i'm not sure what this even means, if its coincedence or whatever, but it is probably the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me. i tell my gf and my buddies that thinking back on it now, what if that was jesus christ or something and he was testing me to see if i would help him reach his destination or some other oddity like that?
the date: early 2003. i am working at a record store in hollywood. so, this foreign guy comes up, i assume he is from africa (thanks to his accent and the fact he is very dark skinned). so he comes up to me with a map and he says "do you know how to get to riverside?" well, i am terrible with directions, but he is in luck because i grew up in riverside and that's where my parents live. so i say yeah you can take the 10 freeway to the 60 and just follow it to riverside. i tell him it is about an hour drive. he says to me "how do you get there by streets?" and i say "Uh... the CITY of riverside??" "Yes." "... uhhh???" and i ask my buddy who is at the register next to me "dude do you know how to walk to the city of riverside?" and he also has a puzzled look, then the guy says "Doesn't anyone WALK in this country!" and he takes his map and leaves.
fastforward about a year and a half later. i have a new job. this is nowhere NEAR the city nor is it near the record store that i used to work at. anyways im at work one afternoon alone, and this guy walks into the store. now, the place of the store i work at is in the corner of the store. there is an information desk at the front of the store, there are a gajillion OTHER people in the store at the front. this guy comes into the store, and heads straight for where i am at. he has a map in his hands, and he asks me if i know how to get to riverside. now in my mind i am saying you have to be fucking kidding me, it is the SAME GUY FROM OVER A YEAR AGO! i just play it smooth and say "you know what, i dont know how to get there, maybe someone in the front knows".
i'm not sure what this even means, if its coincedence or whatever, but it is probably the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me. i tell my gf and my buddies that thinking back on it now, what if that was jesus christ or something and he was testing me to see if i would help him reach his destination or some other oddity like that?
