One of these days …

Sometimes when I’m on my way home I see them there.

They’re young, scruffy and wearing checked flannelette shirts. They wander around between the cars waiting at the traffic lights with a squeegee in their hands. They’re looking for some poor fool who’s prepared to cough up some loose change so that they can smear their windscreen.

It’s illegal you know. The law says it dangerous to wander between cars when at any moment a green light could send dozens of cars surging forward. The fact that it’s illegal doesn’t seem to stop them though. They obviously feel it’s a quick way to make a few dollars.

When I’m driving in a car I shake my head before they get to me so that they know I don’t want them to run their mucky squeegee across the glass.

Of course, anyone who’s been reading this blog for any time would know that I do most of my travelling on my bike. On my bike I feel just a little bit different about the windscreen washing guys.

I swear that one of these days I’m going to pull up at a set o lights on my bike and call one of those guys over. I’m going to throw a coin or two their way and then get them to use their squeegee to clean my sunglasses while my sunnies are still planted firmly on my face.

Sure, I might get some of the filthy suds on my face but I reckon it’d be worth it just to see the faces of the motorists around me. I love to see their reactions.

One of these days I just might do it.

Posted by Rodney Olsen

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