Old-Timer

I don’t know how old he is. It’s easy to see in his walk that he has had a tough life. No one can tell me how long he has been coming around. This establishment where he “works” is a worse case scenario of too many chiefs and not enough Indians. Workers are hired and fired by one without the knowledge of the others. Days could pass and someone might query. “What happened to Luigi?” and the response might be, “He was fired last week”. No one admits to allowing this old timer to work. He was probably self-appointed as parking lot watcher. It has happened before.
He receives no salary and is content to get only food and drink. He knows how to stay out of the way when it’s best to do so
He stays away from groups of customers, but makes himself available as a good listener to a customer that is alone. . He seems to sense when an unwanted approaches and springs into action. His stern look is enough to discourage any intruder with malicious intent.

How old could he be? My guess would be 10 to 12 years. Let see, if the accepted ratio of dog/human years is 8 to 1, that would make him about 90.


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