Photo of the Day
Normally this picture would not warrant its own post, but I did say that my posts might get a little random during NaBloPoMo, right? So here we are. We live very close to a rapid transit station (BART), and you can see the mailbox in the background, which is where I mail letters and postcards and such. Yesterday I had a couple of things to mail, so I stopped by on my morning walk. Then I came across this tableau. A brand new walker, tag still attached, leaning against a bench. What’s the story? Does the fact that it appears to be wet underneath the bench mean anything? Was someone waiting there for a ride (the area where one picks up and drops off is right behind where I was standing), got piled into the car, and they forgot the walker? Were they magically cured? Raptured? Distressed by the death of Dick Cheney? Worried about elections, here and around the country? Happy about any of these things? I HAVE QUESTIONS. What say you? Any answers for me?
5 Comments
StephLove
It is a puzzling image, especially with the tag still attached. It kind of reminds of that famous 6-word story. For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
AC
That is weird. You’d think it would be difficult to forget something like that although I suppose that I could manage. There seems to be an attached label. I wonder what it said.
Suzanne
Ooooh I am so intrigued! WHAT is the story?! And we will probably never know, Julie! Unless you stake out the bench and record any and all walker-related interest or activity. I am going with the Miracle Theory, myself. Oh! Or maybe it was some sort of awful catfishing incident!
NGS
Oh, man. This sort of makes me sad. Someone bought it and then forgot it?
When my father died, my mother, sister, husband, and I sat around to make a to-do list. There were some obvious things, like call his work/call the VA/deal with life insurance/figure out payments for bills, but then there was silence and my sister said, “we have to return the damn walker.” They had bought a walker for him the previous week and he hadn’t used it.
Maybe that’s why this makes me so sad.
Allison McCaskill
What the heck? The only explanation that doesn’t upset me is that the person was suddenly magically healed and didn’t need it to walk anymore. My dad needs a walker. We bought him a walker. He won’t use the walker. Sigh.