My old friend has never been a crazy dude. In fact he’s actually more mild mannered and dull than anything else. Because he’s always been more introverted than extroverted he has always kept a small circle of friends. We liked to lovingly call him the Passive Observer. It is he who will bear witness to absolutely crazy events only to stand without obvious reaction and instead soak up the information like a sponge. I won’t forget the story with the iPad dock though; it was definitely one time he was the center of attention.
It all started with making decision on what we would be doing on that particular New Year’s Eve. It was normal for us to stick together with our small group as well all grew up together and went to the same high school. We all knew each other fairly well and have had many good times together but trust is a difficult thing to develop and it’s something that can be ruined easily.
So; on this one New Year’s Eve we wanted to keep everything simple and have a house party at a friend’s house. We were all designated a couple responsibilities to get everything together in order to have a smashing time. I was responsible for bringing the beer someone else was responsible for bringing the food and someone the chairs etc. When it came down to the music though; it was of immense concern because everyone was very much into their own personal genres.
My friend, the passive observer proclaimed that he had the perfect iPad dock to use for DJ-ing the event. In fact, since he wanted to get rid of his iPad all together he was willing to sell it to my other friend for cheap. She gave him the money and he said he’d return promptly with the dock for her to keep. He left and we all patiently waiting for some time. As the hours went on we began worry though because he never returned. Had he stolen the money? Was he really such a scumbag? I vouched for his trustworthiness and swore he would never do anything like that. The passive observer was a good guy.
New Year’s had come and gone and we had the party without the Passive Observer ever returning. By the end of the night everyone truly believed that he had taken the money and wasn’t going to ever show his face again. I pressed the notion that he wouldn’t do anything like that as it wasn’t in his nature and something bad must have occurred. It took a couple days for him to get back to me but when he did he let me know what happened. On the way back to the party he crashed his car into a tree and broke the dock in the mess. As the good man that he was though he returned the money confirming he wasn’t as much of a scumbag as everyone believed.
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