Cool strangers
Who's the coolest stranger that you've met in person?
They could be super kind, like a guy I met in a long line, that he knew was going to be long, so he brought fold-out chairs for people who needed them.
Or it could just look cool and interesting. Like, one time a girl ran by me and started climbing something parkour style to get away from an actual angry mob, while laughing. I have no idea what that was about, but I was kinda crushing for a moment.
I love the topic!
Okay, there was one time I was driving a van full of people on a very long road trip. It was the middle of the night and I was getting really tired. I woke up the guy closest to me and asked him to please just keep me engaged in conversation. Initially, I didn't know anything at all about him except his name. When he started talking with me, I thought uh oh, I should have woken up someone else - I just didn't think we would have anything at all to talk about. It turned out to be an amazingly fascinating conversation with a person I thought I had absolutely nothing in common with.
After that experience, I realized it's good not to judge people too quickly and that everyone is interesting in their own way if you just get to know them a little.
He turned out to be a really cool stranger.
In one of the previous cities I lived, in a guy with a midsized pickup truck saw me waiting at a bus stop that evening. He pulled up & offered me a ride! I accepted & got home without having to pay bus fare. This was years before ride-sharing apps existed, btw.
