The Accidental Gentleman

There is a very genteel and dapper man in my neighborhood who goes about town on his motorized scooter. He is always accompanied by his insanely large and beautiful dog, Luke. I speak with this man regularly, as my home is on his "canning route." You see, he collects cans to recycle. He shares with me his hilarious adventures, and the characters he meets as he uses his long, mechanical claw, and his dog, to reach the buried cans in the dumpsters. His most recent adventure I find to be worth reprinting in my blog. In his routine, he found a brand-new bouquet of flowers just lying on top of someone's trash can. The bouquet was still in its celophane wrapper. So, the gentleman picked up the beautiful bouquet, and gave it to a lady that also lives on his route. This lady is often outside, working on her car or in her garden, so these two talk regularly. He handed her the flowers, with every intention of telling her he found them in the trash, but she was so overcome at his generosity and kindness, that he confided the true origens of the bouquet only to me. I have nicknamed this kind and generous man The Accidental Gentleman.