One time, when I was still in college, I was flying home for the holidays, when I got seated next to this older man. He was in his fifties and nearly bald, and we started talking. I don't remember all the particulars of our conversation but I know that we chatted about our visits to other places of the world. He was apparently very well traveled since he was part of the Board of Directors for Special Olympics. Anyways, I told him that I had only been to Korea. yadda. yadda. He then asked me about the different kinds of fakes, knock offs there were in Korea. I told him that I had seen lots, like Gucci and Rolex. His eyes got wide when I told him about Rolex watches and he asked me if I could get him one. "Well....my dad is in Korea at the moment." He asked me about how much they cost, and I told him $40 last time I was there. Then, he preceeded to write me a check for $50 and gave me his business card where I was instructed to mail the watch. He didn't get my number or address.

So, what do you think that I did?

Well, next time I spoke to my dad, I told him to please buy me one. I crossed all fingers that he would, but wasn't really expecting him to. I held onto my check. I wondered what I would do if my dad didn't buy one for me. Could I find one in LA? Should I just rip up the check? Damn, I thought, I don't want to disappoint the man and not come through for him.

To make a long story short, my dad brought home a fake Rolex, I mailed it to this random old man, cashed my check and that was that. I never heard from him. Don't know if he got it. Don't know if he liked it. Don't know....

Just one of the random things that has happened in my life.