The Way I See It #26

Rare is it that I pay attention to the quotes printed on a Starbuck's cup (quotes that are, according to Starbuck's, "a collection of thoughts, opinions and expressions provided by notable figures that now appear on our widely shared cups"). But today, my latte spoke to me. It said:

"Failure’s hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you’re successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever." - Po Bronson

The cup moved me to the point where after having thrown it into a garbage can before entering the book store, and after 20 minutes and three floors of superficial browsing (the kind of purposeless yet innocent perusing that merits a store detective's stalking), I realized that I should have kept it, cleaned out the cup and cut out the quote. No wonder it had been so hard to find a garbage can (none outside the coffee shop - none outside the bookstore) - the cup wanted to stick around. And I even walked an extra block to throw it away.

In the bookstore, I pretended to browse while I was actually thinking that to clean out the cup and cut the quote, I would have to pillage through the garbage. Do I just walk up to the can, and reach in? I should have at least written down the quote. Bah, maybe I could just Google 'the way I see it #26'? Hmm, not the same. So the alternative was to dig for the gold. In the midst of Parc avenue, nonetheless. Lovely. My jobless state has got me to new lows.

*Deep breath, stealth mode*
*Coast semi-clear, the target is within range*
*lean, pluck, and BINGO!*

Po would be proud...this, by the way, is Po.