The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America by McIntyre Mike

Author:McIntyre, Mike [McIntyre, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: self-discovery, travel, strangers, journey, kindness, U.S.
Published: 2010-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

The last stop of the night is the Country Corner. Eric circles the parking lot looking for a car that belongs to a married woman he’s seeing.

Inside, a cowboy sings karaoke on stage as 30 people do the line dance. The 25-cent drafts flow, and pyramids of plastic cups rise from the tables. The music is loud, the air thick with smoke. It’s a crude crowd of drunks, hayseeds, yahoos and floozies.

Eric joins a group of foul-mouthed men and sleazy women. They spend hours playing a drinking game, taking turns trying to flip a quarter into a cup. There isn’t an ounce of intelligence on display at the table, and though Eric is a Phi Beta Kappa, he does his level best to fit in.

On the way home, Eric slows down and looks through the window of a coffee shop. He drops in to visit one of the waitresses whenever he gets the itch. She’s also married, he says, but her husband ignores her.

“She’ll take you in back and fuck you. She’s lonely.”

I’ll pass, I tell him.

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