Expletive!

I was at a convenience store this morning getting some badly needed coffee. I bumped into a guy...a massive human refrigerator, and immediately apologized.

He let out a string of profanity that I haven't heard since I accidently clobbered a drill sergeant in Army basic training, many many years ago.

Now, when someone starts swearing at you, you immediately "hackle up". Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a friend of his coming towards me quickly, and I remember thinking "well, this day has certainly gone to hell in a hurry...".

Then I noticed that Mr. Foulmouth had a twitch in both his left eye and the corner of his mouth, and like the philosopher Yogi Berra once said "It was deja vu all over again....."

Tourette's Syndrome

The guy couldn't help the word salad coming out of his mouth.

Almost the exact same scenario had happened to me right out of college, and I swore if it ever happened again, I would recognize it and be understanding....
....so 30+ years later it does, and I still reacted the same way I did a long time ago.

His friend began to make all sorts of excuses for him, and I quickly explained I knew what the issue was and I understood.

*whew*

Valero has terrible coffee, too.