slice of life

if you live or ever lived in saudi then you know what meed is ... meed is like saudi's answer to 7 eleven ... there are like hundreds of meeds across the kingdom ... anyway we have two in our neighborhood ... one at the gas station ... so i went to it today ... i wanted cigarettes ... cigarettes cost 7 riyals ... they used to cost six ... and i got a couple of mirindas ... mirindas are 1.5 riyals each ... they used to cost a riyal ... everything's getting more expensive ... but that's not why i'm telling this story ... so two mirindas is 3 riyals ... you know 7 plus 3 is 10 so that would make for convenient change ... i paid with a 100 riyals ... the guy's like oh i don't have change ... now if it was a 500 i could be like ok ... a 200 even ... but come on 100 ... and it was noon ... he should have change for a 100 ... so i'm like fine i'll get change from one of the gas station attendants ... i left the mirindas on the counter but i kept the cigarettes in my hand as i walked out ... he's like sir the cigarettes ... i turned around and gave him this look like i'm coming back dude and just kept walking... idiot ... anyway i go to the attendant ... i ask him for change ... he gives me two fifties ... i go back to meed and give him the 50 ... oh did i mention the guy was on the phone ... even when i tried to pay him the 100 ... he was still yakking away when i came back with change ... so he continues yakking while counting my change ... he was supposed to give me 40 back ... but as i walk back to my car i realize he's actually given me 5 tens ... hehe what an idiot ... now i've been in this situation before and done the right thing ... but not this time ... i put the money in my pocket and drove home ... well later that afternoon ... the unsuspecting neighbor with the amazing internet connection that i have been using for like a month now decided to get a password ... coincidence ... or karma ... i don't know ... anyway there's another unsecured network i can still use but it's not nearly as good ... oh well ...