Date: Monday, October 11.
Time: 11 am.
Weather: Raining.
Location: Northbound on the Burnaby side of Boundary Road.
(Says the above site: Have you ever thought of visiting City of Burnaby for a vacation? That would be an excellent idea, there are many interesting attractions. Maybe is a time to surprise your spouse or girlfriend (boyfriend) and travel to Burnaby, visit local towns, for vacations?)
Me: jogging slowly along the sidewalk, in cut off sweatpants and a t-shirt.
Them: two men in suits, carrying briefcases, coming towards me.
Me: veering a little to my right to allow them past.
Them: veering a little to their right.
Me: (non-encouraging smile) ‘hello’
Him: reaching into his briefcase and pulling out a copy of the Watchtower, ‘would you like a magazine?’
That’s right – Jehovies on Boundary Road, offering a magazine to a sweaty girl running in the rain. A girl with no pockets, let alone a plastic bag, a girl who might, to the average human being, seem a little, hum, busy? Where are the Jehovies when you’re in a doctor’s office with a 2 year old copy of “Golf Digest?”
Me: ‘uh, not right now, thanks.’
Him: calling after me, ‘another time…’
Apartment building in downtown Vancouver, here I come.