Doug

I had decided to write this new blog yesterday and I am actually writing it today. Considering my usual laziness, this is pretty good. :)
The title of this post is Doug, because  I am going to write about Doug. Unfortunately I don't know his full name, but doesn't matter. Its not that important. Doug is a driver of the shuttle that takes me almost home from UMass. The drivers usually rotate on different routes, but he is there on my route once every week.

To describe him, he is old, about 55- 60 years old, all gray hair, rectangular specs about 5'5''. Now that I think about it, he looks almost like Clint Eastwood except the frown. But what I think is different about the guy is that he has a big, broad smile on his face. Always. For some reason for another he is always smiling and laughing. Always has a joke to tell or a funny story to share. This is one reason why I find this person really interesting and decided to share it.

So, it was about 7 30 yesterday when I left the school building, wearing my big heavy armor (my winter coat, its huge and heavy) and listening to music. I was walking  towards the shuttle that would take me almost home. Between the shuttle stop and the school building there is a big lawn which is not that well lit and so if you are walking over the lawn at night, all people can make out is your silhouette. When I had crossed half the lawn, Doug points at me and starts walking towards the shuttle behind his shuttle saying something to other driver and went back to his shuttle. When I entered the shuttle, as usual he had a joke ready. Since I usually don't understand American humor and also since I had a good song playing on my phone, I didn't listen to it. But then again he started pointing at me again and smiling. So, I removed my headphones and asked him what had happened.
Here is the story: The day before yesterday Doug had seem a guy like me wearing a big coat walking across the lawn, at about the same time. So, he opened-closed the door of the shuttle to signal that he was waiting for him. It seems the guy suddenly stopped looked at Doug and suddenly sat down on the grass. This time of the year its pretty cold and I think it was also raining a bit at that day. So, this weird behavior of that guy made all the passengers and Doug jump in their seat. he said he was scared a bit when he say the guy suddenly sit on the grass. :-D

But the funny part was, I was the second passenger. After me I guess 6 more people entered the shuttle and Doug told each of that person the same story, exact same words, pointing towards the dark lawn, to everyone. Even after repeating the story 6 times, the smile on his face never faded even a bit. The best part of it, according to me was that when the 6th lady entered the he asked her if she was there the day before yesterday when this thing happened. Unfortunately for him she wasn't. But then he said to himself (loudly), with a big smile on his face, "I have to find someone who say this! Man, we were surprised and scared! I have to find someone to share this with!".
A lot of people would have just forgotten about it. Just a boring story of a stupid guy for many. But Doug enjoyed it and was still enjoying. More than that he wish to share it as many people as he could. Isn't that a nice way to keep yourself entertained however boring your life may have become?