9366. ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE AN EXTRA DAY

ALWAYS GOOD TO 

HAVE AN EXTRA DAY

Nothing to be lost from this scene : the Jamaican

guy, oddly tall and thin, arrives seeking help.

He'd just locked himself out of his car. 'Well,

if you live close enough I can drive you home,

for your spare key. Do you have one?' No, he

says he doesn't. I suggest a tow-truck or a

locksmith, though they're both probably closed.

He says no, they both start at 80 bucks. So I

do what I can to just say, 'Well I figure the

cops can help you; they have those things

they can stick in the window slide to unlock

the doors.' He says yes, but where?

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Sometimes you just have to power yourself.

There's a road crew in sight, a thousand feet

off, with a cop car there sitting. I point him over

over to it. (I thought of saying to drive him to say

police headquarters, but why do that? If they

no, he's stranded and he's mine). A few minutes

later, I see him again. Happy and waving!

And then a cop car comes into the lot, right

behind him. He'd gone out to the roadway,

and found there his help. Sometimes it's

good to have an extra day. Other times,

I just lose interest.