Marta Moment #19

My new year's resolution to catch up on my Marta Moments is still ongoing so here is, finally, the next one. It's very short.

I was late one day for work and didn't have time to grab much for my lunch. I usually take some leftovers which is actually quite rare since I typically eat everything Lindy makes the night before. Anyway, this was one of those frequent mornings where no filled, tupperware containers sat waiting in the fridge. In fact, not much was in our fridge that morning that would be appropriate for a lunch. I grabbed a rather large orange still in the original grocery bag and left for work.

An hour later and just outside the Marta station, one of my usual "friends in wanting" approached me and asked for some money. I politely declined and walked on.

He quickly added "What about some food?" I hesitated (as I'm wont to do if that is the first question they ask) and turned around. He ran up to me quickly.

I took off my backpack and dug around for my rather large orange.

I handed it over to him and said, "Here. Here is my lunch. You can have it."

He replies, "This is it? Come on. You must have more in there."

"I'm sorry. That is all I have for my lunch."

"What? This is no lunch..."

"This is my lunch. You don't want it? Fine. Give me my orange back!" I grabbed my orange, stuffed it in my backpack, and walked to work.

I ate that orange for lunch and it was very filling. You see, it was a rather large orange.