A Covert And Spontaneous 'Tag'

--by Namaste, posted Jan 15, 2010

I arrived at the Embarcadero station in San Francisco and realized that all I had was a $5 bill, and that I would need to get some change to pay my Muni fare.

I saw a café nearby and thought I could buy something small in there and break my $5 bill. I wasn’t particularly hungry, but I bought a muffin anyway to get some change. I then had a thought – I could ‘tag’ someone with the muffin. So as I waited for the Muni streetcar, I was then on the lookout for an opportunity to "tag" someone who was homeless or looked hungry. I scanned Market Street and did not see anyone, so I walked a little further down.

Suddenly, a fairly fast moving homeless man pushing a shopping cart filled with his belongings caught my eye across the street. I also saw my Muni streetcar was coming, so I'd have to hurry.

My intention was to hand him the bag with the muffin and smile card in it, smile at him, and go on my way. I crossed the street and as I approached him he turned to look at a newspaper stand before he saw me. So I decided to covertly put the bag right on top of his shopping cart instead.

After I crossed the street and got in the streetcar, I looked back at him. He had started walking on his way again, pushing the shopping cart in front of him . He didn’t seem to have noticed the bag with the muffin and the smile card in it as yet. Hopefully he enjoyed it later in the day!

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Posted by Namaste
Jan 15, 2010
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jsmc10 wrote: This was such a lovely gesture, bless you :)

AtoJ wrote: That reminds me of a trick i played on a lady in my neighborhood. She sleeping on a bench and i snuck up and put a dollar or apple-i forget which- in her shopping bag that she had all her stuff in. I don't think she woke up either.

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