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Crack Dude Thinks I’m a Slacker

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Whenever my friendly neighborhood crack dude sees me near my apartment in the late afternoon, he says, “Worked a half-day, huh?”

But who is he to criticize? Last year, he promised that he’d meet me at my office and take me to lunch. I’m still waiting for my free lunch, crack dude.

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  1. Haha, this happens to me all the time. I start the day at noon so when I’m locking up at just before lunch, sometimes my neighbor’s maid looks at me derisively. I feel bad for her mistress actually–I hear her leaving the house at 8 AM and she goes home 14 hours later =(

  3. Hi there-at least yours is friendly, our one is an aggressive and abusive piece of work who expects a free lunch 24/7 from everyone else!!

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  6. Ohman. I love neighborhood druggies. They are always very entertaining and relatively harmless. Just the other day we witnessed one walking through the drive thru. And I’m guessing she does this regularly because they served her!

  7. So what is your neighbour doing near your apartment in the late afternoon? Am guessing he’s not at the office! šŸ™‚
    xx

  10. Wendy, let me know when you get that free lunch…I’m waiting to get my free lunch too.

  15. I miss my old friendly neighborhood crack guy. I’d get my free, daily outfit critique.

  16. Crack Dude probably wants to take you to lunch so that he can get some WendyB jewels!

  17. The security guard at my son’s school says that to me too. But he is really a nice guy, and I haven’t actually been doing much, and he saved a woman’s life last month who was hit by a car in front of the school, and he’s a Vietnam Vet. So I just smile.

  18. Your crack dude sounds nice! My crack dude shouts abuse at me in the street. Wanna trade?

  20. Haha. I don’t think we have a neighbourhood crack dude by me which is good, because I usually work short days too!

  21. When I worked in downtown PA the local crack dude always asked what I had in the bag. One time he said, from his horizontal position in front of the hospice “I’m going to kill you if you don’t give me the bag”. I told him “You’re going to have to kill me after lunch. I don’t have time right now.” He answered, “Fair enough” and went on with his resting. Crazy Crack Dudes.