So we sitting outside this Best Buy parking lot, and honey, let me tell you what I see. There's this man walking into the liquor store next door, and I'm looking at him like... something ain't right. Now before y'all come for me, I'm not trying to be mean, but this man looked disheveled. Like really disheveled.
You know how sometimes you can just tell something happened to somebody recently? That's exactly what this man looked like. His face wasn't groomed, his clothes looked all kinds of ways, and baby, he parked that car like he was having the worst day of his life. I'm talking about taking up like three parking spots - it was a mess.
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Now Darius over here trying to act like he don't see what I'm seeing, but I told him, "Look at how this man is walking. Something happened to him." And sure enough, this man comes out the liquor store with his brown bag, gets in his car, and I'm like, "See? I told you something was going on with him."
I felt bad for the man, for real. You can tell when somebody going through it, and that man was definitely going through something. I even said a little prayer for him because whatever he dealing with, I hope he finds some peace.
But then Darius got to talking about how I be looking at people, and I had to check him. I said, "Baby, you be doing the same thing. Don't act like you don't be people-watching too." We all do it! Every time I get out my car, I wonder who looking at me the same way I be looking at other folks.
And speaking of looking - let me address something real quick. Darius got on these boots with a little heel on them, and I might have called them heels. But listen, when I think of heels, I'm thinking stilettos, pumps, you know what I mean? These boots got maybe a three-inch heel, but they ain't what I would call "heels" heels.
But that boy got sensitive about it, talking about his crossbody bag and how people call it a purse just because he gay. And you know what? He got a point. If his daddy had that same bag, nobody would be calling it no purse. They'd say "bag" or "crossbody." But because Darius is who he is, people want to say "purse." That ain't right, and I can admit when I'm wrong about something like that.
The thing is, we all got our judgments and observations. I seen that man and immediately thought something was wrong. I seen my son's boots and called them heels. Sometimes we say things without really thinking about how it sounds or how it makes people feel.
But at the end of the day, I'm always going to observe what's happening around me. That's just who I am. Whether it's making sure my son is okay, or noticing when somebody else might need some prayers sent their way. I just got to remember to check myself sometimes on how I express those observations.
Y'all be observing people too, so don't act like y'all don't know what I'm talking about. But maybe we all can be a little more mindful about how we talk about what we see.
What y'all think? Y'all be people-watching like me?
