The DU Lounge

I was working in one of my school gardens and I looked up to see this Chinese kid, a resident of the neighborhood and student at the school, staggering down the street with a big bag of laundry on his back. It was painful to watch: the poor kid could barely put one foot in front of the other and he was bent over with the weight of the bag.

When his Granny came along about 100 feet behind him, I went to the fence and asked if they'd like to borrow a cart to get the laundry to the laundramat, which is at least six more blocks away, maybe even more.

She looked at me and laughed right in my face. She said you don't know he's putting you on?

Then I remembered this kid had pulled a couple other practical jokes on me. I then found her totally credible. We both laughed as the kid spotted us and straightened up, now carrying the bag easily.