Chance Encounter
July 15, 2009 – 10:55 pmI went to the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market yesterday (part of my Tuesday routine) around lunchtime to do a bit of shopping and to enjoy an unusually warm San Francisco day. It was close to 90!
I got the shopping part done in 10 minutes or so. Then I sat down next to a man in his seventies, on a bench near the pier. I had asked him if the space next to him was available and when he answered in the affirmative I heard what I though was an Australian accent.
I asked him if he was indeed from Down Under, but it turned out that he was from England. This one question turned into quite the pleasurable hour-long conversation. Not the first time this has happened to me (unsurprisingly enough)!
We covered topics from religion, to family, to rugby, to traveling the world. I loved it! There is nothing like making a connection with another human being and enjoying some one-on-one conversation. Almost like catching up with an old friend at a cafe!
Don’t be afraid to chat up your next bench-mate. You never know where your next fufilling conversation is going to come from!
