I was at a local grocery store with my girlfriend the other day. We passed a stand with a bunch of watermelons. They were on sale and there were a bunch of big ripe ones. I stopped to have a look and started going through the watermelons looking for good one.
A few moments later, a fellow a bit shorter than myself and visibly older, joined me in the search for the watermelon. I happened to glance his way only to realize that he had found a very good watermelon. I leaned over to my girlfriend and whispered to her, in a foreign language, that if this gentleman doesn’t take that watermelon, I will most definitely snag it. She laughed and I continued my search. A few moments later I get a tap on my shoulder. I turn around only to realize that the same fellow is standing there with the big watermelon he had found earlier.
He says, “Here I’ve found a great watermelon, you should take it”. Inside my head I’m taken a back by such an unlikely occurrence.
I reply with “Why don’t you take it?”.
He gives me a smile and replies “I was just at the other store and already picked up a watermelon there.”
I take the watermelon out of his hands and thank him for his generosity. All the while I’m wondering about why would he be wasting his time looking at watermelons when he has already bought one. Not to mention why even offer me his watermelon.
The whole event gave me a weird feeling. As though my thoughts had just been invaded. Spooky.
