I had to say it

When I was a lad of maybe 7 years of age, I went to the Shop'N'Go with my mother. Yes the same Shop'N'Go that would accuse me of being a thief years later.

I stayed out in the car while my mom went in. Suddenly I saw the fattest person I had ever seen walk up the street and sit at the bus stop near the store. I can still see this person in my head. I could not tell if it was a man or a woman since there were no distinguishable body features. The person had short black hair and glasses and was wearing a "mailman denim" blue sweatsuit, and a dark blue parka.

As a 7-year-old I was stunned by the sheer girth of this individual. My young mind did not know how to comprehend this new puzzle. Then I felt my mouth start to speak. I tried to stop it but there was no way to control it. I HAD to say "that person is SO fat." And it had to be out loud. Thinking it to myself would not suffice. It was an involuntary spasm of the tongue. I had no choice but to comply.

Luckily I had the sense to duck out of view so that the person could not read my lips. I bent over and said aloud, "That person is SO fat!".

Then I slowly peaked back up and out the window.

To my horror, the person was staring right at me. Smiling. I did not know what to do. Next the person pointed at itself and shook his/her head. Then pointed at me and nodded.

To this day I have no idea what the person was doing, or what s/he though I was doing bending over in the car and peaking back up. In my head at the time I thought s/he was saying "I'm not fat, you are".

I guess it's always a possibility that the window was open.