Not Afraid

I found this three years ago, when working as a waiter at TGI Friday’s. I was cleaning tables, and found this note written on a napkin. I’m not sure if it’s a message for themselves, or a message for who ever would find it.

3 Excited Legs

I was walking back to work after having lunch in Chinatown and I nearly stepped on this note looking up at me. Something made me reach down and pick it up and stick it in my shirt pocket.

I Ask That Some Girl Will Open This Up

This young man clearly suffers from “nice guy” syndrome, and is driven to leave notes promoting his own worthiness for any girl who might come along. I’m particularly heart-broken by the passage at the end, in which he says he doesn’t believe in abusing girls.