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Saturday, 15 June 2013

The Angry Carpenter and High Five Abdi.... Arga snickaren

- Hi may I borrow your mobile phone? A bad odour reached my nose. I had just sat my bottom down on the train seats tired from a full days work and was on my way to send an SMS.  I looked up and saw a dark smelly man with dreadlocks around 25 years old. I replied - No, it is my work phone so I cannot. - He said I really need to get in contact with my friend Anders and I have no money loaded in my mobile phone. I said well ok I can send an SMS for you. He said - Oh great that is very kind of you. My name is Abdi what is yours? So, I sent an SMS to his pal Anders telling him that Abdi wanted him to phone. Then started a rather surrealistic moment in my life. Abdi told me that he was homeless, alcoholic and a drug attic. He had a good job at a care center and he had no financial problems. I asked him - What happened to you? He said that he got anxiety and could not keep his job. That is indeed understandable. By now it was dead silence in the waggon as everyone around wanted to know what is going to happen next...He told me that he had a girlfriend but she was cheating on him and she wanted him back and to show it she kisses his feet. I asked - I hope you did not take her back? Abdi said - No of course not I don't like that kind of behaviour. I said that was good. Then he reached out with his arm and said : HIGH FIVE! So, there I was sitting and "High Fiving" a drug attic. I never thought I would do that....
Well, not only high five we also had our knuckles meeting in a Knuckle High Five during the trip. Why is not Anders phoning me? Well I do not know maybe he cannot at the moment. 
Please can´t you phone him for me? I really need to talk to him. You know who it is? No, I don´t. Well it is Anders, the Angry Carpenter. Eh....ok I did not know what to believe....I thought well I am already in this situation so why not. I phoned this person. - Hi, my name is Siv and you do not know me but Abdi wants you to phone him. - Ah, yes.. Hi I know but I am in the grocery shop but when I have bought my food I will phone him. - Great thanks I replied. Thanks he said. Well, it was the Angry Carpenter a famous Swedish TV host. Abdi told me that he was going to be on telly 2014 and the TV host was going to help him to get his life back on track. Abdi took out a bottle of beer and opened the capsule with his mobile phone. He drank a little and continued our conversation. I have a friend "The Greek" who I have known since I was a Child and Abdi said some not so nice Words in Greek. I said my husband is Greek. Abdi then proclaimed - If you have a boyfriend then I will not flirt with you as that is not ok.  Knuckle High Five!  His phone rang. Abdi by mistake pressed the wrong button and he lost the call. - What shall I do now he asked? - OK I will send a new SMS. " Hi Anders pressed the wrong button, please could you phone again?". Abdi said that previously he was lucky with the ladies. I said I do understand that as you have humour. So my 20 minutes train journey was soon to its end and when we got of the train together his phone rang again and finally the two were connected. I waived goodbye and he thanked me and I am now looking forward to Watch TV next year to see if he indeed succeeded in getting back on his feet. Good luck Abdi I REALLY hope you will have a better life!    

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