I was sitting at a bus stop waiting for number 14 bus to come. There was this man getting off a 9 bus carrying a few bags. He sat down on the same bench next to me and started taking to me.
I am usually not comfortable having small talks with strangers right away, but he was holding a bouquet of flowers and that put me off guard.
“Beautiful flowers,” I said.
“Thank you! You like them?”
He looked down at his flowers, and then looked up and handed me a few, “Here.”
“Wow, thank you!”
“Nah, that’s what flowers are for,” he said, “Sharing.”
