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Desperate for friends

2016-06-13 · 3 min

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    So there's this guy at the guesthouse, a

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    Japanese middle-aged guy. He likes, he

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    likes to cook for people. He usually makes

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    things like pasta, spaghetti. Sometimes he

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    makes garlic bread and brings out a bottle

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    of white wine. He then starts bringing out

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    plates of food from the kitchen, and then

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    he starts handing it out to various people

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    in the living room. People he considers

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    friends, I guess. Okay, so what's wrong

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    with that? He sounds like a really nice

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    guy, doesn't he? The first time I met him

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    was about 5 years ago, and I've never

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    received not one piece of food from him.

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    Maybe I did something to annoy him? I

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    don't know. I've never really talked to

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    him before, and I don't really have any

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    interest in talking to him. I've said

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    hello a few times whilst passing him in

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    the hallway, but he never says hello to me

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    first, or he never initiates a

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    conversation with me. And I've never

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    really tried to have a conversation with

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    him before, so that may be why I don't get

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    any free food. I don't really care that

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    much about getting free food. It's not

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    like I'm sitting around waiting for

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    handouts. Huh, I could make better pasta

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    anyway. But it just makes me feel bad

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    sometimes when everyone around me is

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    getting really nice-looking food for free

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    and I get nothing. Oh, you're just

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    jealous. You're damn right I'm jealous.

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    You should see the stuff he makes. It

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    smells delicious and it looks amazing.

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    Actually, I did try something he made

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    once. He, he gave some soup to someone

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    and then that person let me taste it.

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    Maybe he felt sorry for me or something.

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    They say giving food is the best way to

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    make friends. If that's true, then this

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    guy must be the most popular dude in the

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    whole guesthouse. Seriously, sometimes he

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    has like 5 to 6 people gathered around him

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    all eating his food, and he's sitting

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    there sipping his wine looking all smug.

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    Look at me, I have friends. Ha ha ha.

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    They're not your real friends. They're

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    just hungry. He always looks so busy

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    rushing up and down to the kitchen, then

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    back into the living room, carrying

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    various plates and wine. It's like it's

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    like he's a waiter or something. Some

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    people might think he's generous, but to

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    me just reeks of desperation. You know how

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    sometimes you go to the park and there's

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    always this crazy old guy, and he has a

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    load of breadcrumbs, and he's surrounded

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    by a swarm of Hungry Hungry Pigeons just

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    so he doesn't have to feel so lonely.

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    Well, this guy kind of reminds me of that,

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    but instead of pigeons, there are young

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    hungry people, and instead of breadcrumbs,

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    there are plates and plates of delicious

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    looking food. Well, maybe if you were a

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    bit more friendly and tried talking to

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    him, then he'd give you some food as well.

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    Screw that, I'm not whoring myself out

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    just to get some free pasta, but it does

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    look pretty good. I don't really like

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    getting free food because once people

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    start giving you food, they start to

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    expect you to return the favor and give

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    them something back. And if you don't,

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    then they start thinking of you as a bit

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    of a dick. Oh, that Daniel, he's so

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    selfish. He gets all this free food and he

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    never gives anything back. Hey, you're the

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    one who gave it to me in the first place,

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    so piss off.

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