JUST DESERTS

 Hum, here all this time I thought it was "just desserts" but according to Webster, "deserts" actually refers to what someone deserves. I have been schooled.  

My regular readers know I love baseball and some even know I spend time people  watching the stands during games.  Those of you who have games with good attendance would find such a side sport almost impossible.  But my team is the Miami Marlins and we have often laughable attendance.  Thus the individuals stand out in the empty seats. Also there is a lot of downtime in baseball and I have yet learned how to knit.

I wrote about a couple in 2019 that brought drama to the game. They had been to every home game in the same seats and seemed a sweet couple but I saw them break up right before my eyes. The whole story is here. By the way, they never came back. 

This year however I had a different couple to watch.  The man was a nice looking fellow in his mid 60's who always secured the same 3 seats behind home place.  He would sit in the middle, his wife?(guessing here) who was a nice looking hispanic woman sat to his right. Then for half a year, the man to his left was a Seminole Indian about his same age. 

They always arrived in the 3rd inning, never for the start of the game no matter if it were a day or night game. The man and his Indian friend spent the whole game talking. I mean constant. They never saw a play on the field. The wife stared out at the field and clapped when appropriate but was never acknowledged by either man.  I felt badly for her.  I didn't find this interesting as much as aggravating and sad but I kept watching off and on.  

Last month the Seminole  quit showing up and the man has since brought a variety of different men to the game.  The friends may have changed but the intent didn't.  He continued to talk non-stop to the new friend and ignore both the game and the wife.  If no one showed up for a while, he would talk to her but then would ignore her as soon as his friend would arrive . These are not cheap seats so I figure the man must have a few bucks. 

Today we lost the game--not really something new for the Marlins--but I am smiling big time and delighted. The worm turned and just deserts were served steaming hot.

Today he showed up with a different man and they chatted--ignoring the game per usual. Then the wife showed up a little later and took a seat beside the new friend. I was astounded at what happened next but I loved every minute of it. The friend turned his back to the man and talked solely to the wife. They laughed a lot and had very animated conversations for the final 6 innings.

The man glowered as he was being ignored. He studied his phone and I could almost see the steam coming out his ears. He left and came back several times only to be ignored again by the pair.  When the game ended, the camera left the stands so I don't know the end of the story but I loved what I saw today. 

 I just had to tell someone that "just deserts" was served today in Miami. Thank you for listening.

You ever get fascinated watching strangers interact?