The man with the Doctor Who socks

It's Monday. I've just finished work. It's hot. I'm feeling upset, irritable and over it.

So I'm walking to the bus stop thinking, I have to do something different. The monotony of the daily grind is starting to eat away at my soul. I sit down at the bus stop next to a guy, I look him in the eye and say, 'Hey.'

'Hi,' he says, a little surprised, but very amiable. I smile at him. 'Do I know you?' he asks.

'No, I'm just having a really boring day so I thought I'd try talking to someone.'

At this point I notice he is wearing Doctor Who socks. And the conversation goes from there, onto the bus, and all the way to St James. Half way along the journey (his stop is about 3 before mine) we exchange names and a handshake; he is Chris.

Chris and I have some common ground, but mostly we are just happy to have someone new to talk to. We cover work, study, past careers, relationships, hometowns, hobbies, health... he even checks out a guy on the bus who is 'so buff'. He says goodbye at his stop, we smile and wave.

I get home feeling kinda refreshed.

Thanks, Chris!

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