The Epidemic

     Not much happened last night, except that I got annoyed with some man who was trying to sell me some dope.
     When I saw him, I turned my back to him, and I was staring at a wall, and he still managed to bother me.
     The guy couldn't take a hint that I didn't want to talk to him.
     So, he decided to bother me.
     An argument ensued, and it wasn't pretty.
     It is a real hard thing to mind your own business in this town.

Author's Notes:

 1.  It is an epidemic in San Francisco for people to ask other people for things, mostly spare change.
      There is not a place in San Francisco where you can walk freely without someone asking you for
      something.  I am disturbed by it.  Others just tolerate it as a fact of life.
             Often times I'll be minding my own business, thinking some pleasant thoughts, and all of
      a sudden, I'll hear, "Hey, bro, got some change?"
             I find it unnerving, and rude.
             Then if you react in a way they don't like, or according to script, they get upset, and it becomes
      a whole drama.