From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst
14 January
It doesn’t take much, does it?
I remember walking my two-year-old grandson Kieran to Starbucks once. Talk about win-win! We heard the birdies sang, we saw Rocky the big white floppy dog that liked to sniff Kieran’s toes, then we got behind the Safeway store where we found delivery trucks, of course, and seven dumpsters and even two garbage trucks! I never thought we’d see an actual garbage truck on this elongated Pooh adventure, never mind two! The first was maneuvering into position as we got close. Then the driver rolled a dumpster on the two prongs in the front of the truck, and before we knew it he pushed some buttons and lifted that dumpster, then droped its load way up high into the top of his truck. Kieran’s eyes were out on stalks during the whole thing – it was like Christmas in July, and Santa had come with a whole bag full of toys JUST FOR HIM!
Then the other guy did the same thing with barrels marked “inedible” from the butcher’s department, spilling something vaguely moist and red nearby. As Kieran bent over to pick it up, I stopped him. “Ickey-poo,” I told him - which, of course quickly became Kieran’s favorite word.
Like I say, it doesn’t take much, does it?
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