manners

I was in Caribou Coffee today doing work and a woman asked me to watch her computer while she went to the bathroom. It's easy enough to watch a computer, so I said yes. The computer seemed obedient enough, and the woman seemed nice enough that even if the computer had legs, it probably wouldn't have gone anywhere. That being said, the only way the computer was going to leave was if someone stole it. I saw what the woman looked like and I wasn't going to let somebody who didn't appear to be her take it without a pretty good explanation. I can't think of a good enough explanation to let a woman's laptop that I'm supposed to be computer sitting get stolen, but if I do I'll let you know.
The whole idea of asking somebody to watch something for you is funny. Obviously she felt the need to ask me, so she may have thought that I wouldn't. But why would I sit there an let somebody's property get stolen--even if I'm not asked to watch it? I would've watched it had she asked me or not. But what if I'm the guy who sits in Caribou waiting for people to ask me to watch their stuff so I can steal it? Then I bet she would've felt really stupid. Maybe she was just being polite by asking. Maybe I'm just a nice person for saying yes. Or maybe, just maybe, the joke's on me because I didn't ask her to watch my computer when I went to the bathroom. It was still there when I got out, so I'm assuming she did. One can never be so sure. I mean, I didn't ask her.