bum rejects banana
No this is not another Richard Gere story, but rather a true story as told on a Perth (commercial) radio station.
Trevor (not his real name) was walking with friends in Fremantle when they come upon a homeless person searching through a rubbish bin. Feeling slightly uneasy with this (most likely due to the spoils of commercial radio in his wallet) Trevor simply passed homeless by. Unperturbed by this encounter Trevor went about his business which as will soon become apparent involved a fruit stall (and possibly a latte). Anyhow, on the return trip Trevor (and friends) encountered homeless again, albeit at a different bin. No doubt feeling guilty Trevor offers the homeless person a banana. The homeless persons reply?
“I don’t like bananas”!
This brings me to ponder two things, what has become of the world when a homeless person prefers scraps in a bin over fresh fruit and or are Carnarvon bananas simply overrated?
Trevor (not his real name) was walking with friends in Fremantle when they come upon a homeless person searching through a rubbish bin. Feeling slightly uneasy with this (most likely due to the spoils of commercial radio in his wallet) Trevor simply passed homeless by. Unperturbed by this encounter Trevor went about his business which as will soon become apparent involved a fruit stall (and possibly a latte). Anyhow, on the return trip Trevor (and friends) encountered homeless again, albeit at a different bin. No doubt feeling guilty Trevor offers the homeless person a banana. The homeless persons reply?
“I don’t like bananas”!
This brings me to ponder two things, what has become of the world when a homeless person prefers scraps in a bin over fresh fruit and or are Carnarvon bananas simply overrated?
posted by lenton at 9:00 am
1 Comments:
Maybe the homeless person just doesn't like bananas. Maybe they were looking for a sausage roll, or similar, or the scrag end of a can of coke, or maybe those mysterious bits of paper that bag people like to keep in their bags.
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