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An older hippie, pretending to be blind, the round reflective glasses, the positioning of his collapsible chair, if the light is right you can see that his eyes are alive and working, he's just pretending, a folding chair set up in close proximity to somebody's car or Oso or just off Baker Street, playing, not even badly, not even wrong, he's just pushing buttons and squeezing it, tuneless, cacophony, he's the sympathy busker, people give him money in the hopes that he gets some lessons, but that's not his game, he has no interest in playing, he probably picked up the accordion from a free bin around town, it's been weeks now I've seen him and I'm a better accordionist when I play - and I can't'; he's just preying upon the local liberals and kind-hearted fellow hippies, gullible tourists, the sympathy busker "See what happens if you don't take lessons?"...he's probably making a killing...
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Amusing video of an Australian looking for a doctor at an anti-Vaccination rally.
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I lived with one of them for a year or so. Nuts. Lock-em-up I say and throw away the key... there's gotta be a limit to this liberal largess somewhere...
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Other than my co-workers, I'm the only person that I know here with a job. Everyone else just 'gets by'. I don't ask, I know, it's not polite to ask. Which makes it hard to socialize, as everyone else seems to have far more fluidity in their schedules than you. I'll be addressing this shortly.
I mean, it's a curious town where you're the least sketchy person you know...
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New waiter, R#4 likes him, he's nice enough, but I'd say "a bit sketchy". He's staying at the shelter in Nelson, takes the bus to work - not a lot of help, given the restaurant closes later than the bus schedule will allow, and to show up and not do the formidable side duties - sweeping, mopping, cleaning - etc. seems a bit of a cheat.
So I volunteer to give him a ride back to Nelson, and he's telling me about his plans to open a restaurant. He's got it all figured out, has friends he's gonna hire, knows the menu, the suppliers, has a business model by which he can work only 3 days a week...
...and I'm thinking that maybe buddy you should be worried about finding a place to live, a reliable means of transportation, it seems obvious, but that's the furthest thing from his mind, he's worrying about linen and cutlery...
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And every single one of 'em in the kitchen is coming to me for an advance...not one has a nickel to their name, not enough to buy a pack of cigarettes, bottle of vodka, Chef, the 2 assistants, they're penniless. They've been working here, 8, 12 weeks. Every payday it's the same. I raise an eyebrow, ask one of the younger ones if they don't save anything, "Nope", pretty matter-of-fact, it's payday to payday and when the summer's over if they have enough for a bus ticket it'll be off to look for the next job...