Ha!, what is the worst pick up line or action you have ever heard, or better yet, was meant for you. So yesterday, I was going to town to have my eyebrows done as I bought sheers for our sitting room windows. Now, one of the up-coming pieces about our neighbourhood is the Matatus, and so I sat behind. After a few minutes, we picked up this guy who came and sat next to me and as usual, I was lost in my own thoughts.
When the Kange asked for fair, I stretched to give him but the man hurriedly picked my money and passed it over to him. The kange asked him , “wangapi?” (How many people are you paying for?) Ok, pause there, that one word in Swahili needs seven English words to be translated? Loosely translated I would have said how many?. Back to the story, the man explained that he had given his own 100 and the 500 was mine.
We had gone on for a few minutes, when the lady who was sitting on the other side alighted and as you would expect, the guy should have moved so we are not sitting next to each other as no one else entered the mat. However, the guys sat on! I really wanted to go online on my phone, ‘thank God for technology’, but I had just made a call before getting into the mat n my units were over, ‘curse misfortunes.’
Anyway, I am my own entertainment when it comes to thinking and so I was lost in thought again, I planned my errands in town and knew how long I would be there. I felt the guy nudge me and so I moved coz I thought he needed more space, by now we were nearing town. He must have been devastated coz I did not look at him, he nudged again and I looked up to see if we were almost there. Then I saw it!
The guy had written his number on a paper and was nudging me to type it down on my phone so we can hook up! I ignored, he nudged again, I moved to another sit, he stared, I scratched my head with the finger that has my wedding ring, he stared some more, the mat stopped, I ran out.
The only thing I could remember was the colour of his clothes and as I was crossing the road, I saw him standing right next to me as we waited for the green pedestrian light. I was in disbelief, as soon as the road was clear I ran across and saw him hurrying to keep up with my pace, I made another rush across the road and he followed, I started running on the street to get to the salon, he must have given up coz when I turned, I did not see him!
Now, married or not, that is the last thing I think any girl would ever fall for!
PS. Wonders of my new neighbourhood!