Friday, March 20, 2009

Man at the bus stop...

Now, I dont normally talk to men I dont know at the bus stop, but this was a particular exception..
On Wednesday afternoon, I was on my way to uni, waiting for the bus, when a man who would have to have been at least 70 sits down next to me and says hello. He asked if I was from Auckland or if I had moved here. I said Auckland. He said its sad that so many Aucklanders are moving away and so many foreigners moving in and it was nice to see someone still living here. A moment of silence passed. Then he started telling about how he used to work on the buses in the 70s and 80s. I told him that my Grandad used to work with on the buses and he asked what his name was. I said his name was Les Callaghan to which he replied "Oh Les! He was a very special man. It's nice to meet another Callaghan!"

This 70 year old man made my day. I hope hes at the busstop again this week!

1 comment:

  1. Aww that's so cool! I love random chance meetings like that.

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