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May 09, 2007 |
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Need Help Bad
FOUND by Joel Goldfoot
in Madison, Wisconsin
I found this message on the back of a bus ticket in the parking lot of my office. Notice it was dated back in February, but not found until just recently...what was David waiting for? Kenneth needed help bad back in Feb!
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
well if he needs help bad enough, and david didnt help (i'm assuming,) i hope he got help elsewhere, like Charter or someplace else...these orgs are always putting their numbers out on the streets just for people like dear kennith
not only was it dated february... it was dated february '05. two years too late, huh?
oh, and "you're" = you are.
It was also written in February of 2005, maybe thats another issue.
David didn't make it. He went a little bonkers and ran around New York looking for Dan Rather and asking "what's the frequency Kenneth??"
Gosh. I sure hope Kenneth isn't still sitting there. Waiting. For David.
I'm assuming this isn't the first time Kenneth needed help with the rent... It's okay, David, I would've thrown this note to the wind as well.
I've also noticed David takes too long to get back. He said "I'll call ya tomorrow" and I didn't hear from him until two months later... in a blog comment no less!
sounds very desperate. Makes me uncomfortable.
Hey, I'm in a real bad place -- desperate for help . . . emergency help . . . I know, I'll write an emergency note on the back of a bus ticket so I can get immediate help and response. Yeah, that'll work.
Pfftt. Sounds like this guy is perfect for the "I've fallen and I can't get up" device -- "emergency response at the touch of a button!"
What a moocher. And why the bus station? Maybe he just needed the money for a quick get away from all the other people he borrowed money from in need of "rent".
thank god that this wasnt bombarded with comments correcting kenneths grammatical errors
i guess we still have all day. ill check back later.
I want to know the start location and destination of the bus ticket mentioned in the description...
Thanks Arthur and Jason for coming to Columbus yesterday. You kick ass!
The finds people send in aren't posted right away - maybe there should be a "found" date, as well as title and finder.
I'm sure Kenneth got the help he needed. Because we live in one of the richest nations in the world, right? And people who have *always* happily share with those who have not, right?
I hope Kenneth found a place to stay, and some counseling to help him manage his money, and ways to earn more - bleeding heart liberal that I am.
[David] was complaining to [Kenneth] about margins. "The width of the margin shows culture, aestheticism and a sense of values or the lack of them," he said. "A very wide left margin shows an impractical person of culture and refinement with a deep appreciation for the best in art and music. Whereas," [David] said, quoting his handwriting analysis book, "whereas, narrow left margins show the opposite. No left margin at all shows a practical nature, a wholesome economy and a general lack of good taste in the arts. A very wide right margin shows a person afraid to face reality, oversensitive to the future, and generally a poor mixer."
"I don't believe in it," [Kenneth] said.
also: http://harpers.org/archive/2001/12/0075777
emergence...
Curious, would you have helped Kenneth?
i bet not. i bet if Kenneth came up to you with the elaborate story of how screwed he was and he just spent his last pennies on this bus ride back home to madison and his pregnant wife is in the cadillac down the street with no gas in it, and it needs deisel and you've gotta give the gas station attendant a $40 deposit on the special diesel gas can, but i'll give it back to you, just leave me an envelope with your address. i swear to jesus i'll give it back, and no that sweet burnt smell is not crack, really it isn't.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
funny thing about rent......
How is David suppose to get ahold of his good friend Kenneth? He's been locked out! He didn't leave a number! Is Kenneth really gonna wait at the bus station for his pal David to come help? If Kenneth walked all the way to David's house to deliver the note, why didn't he just wait for David to show up and then lay all of his problems on him? I don't like this Kenneth person. He's a wanker.
I find it interesting that not only does Kenneth announce himself right away in the note, he also made room to sign the note 'Kenneth' as well. Just in case David forgot who wrote him the note.
wow...this makes me laugh.. but how is David supossed to recive this note?
I wonder how he thought his friend was going to get the letter.
How odd.
What I find saddest of all is the number of responses that are filled with unjustified assumptions and bold disdain for life events unknown that have left Kenneth in such a desperate circumstance.
I hope that you will reconsider your position.
I like the way Kenneth says, "I need to speak with you," as if there is a chance he actually wants to discuss the weather or, perhaps, politics. Wouldn't it have been more to the point to say, "This is your poor friend Kenneth. I want to ask you for some money..."
So many commas, only one sentence!
Yeah, crazy thing about rent. You have to pay it to maintain a residence.
Barthelme - I read the entire lengthy article. All my questions have been answered. And I am angry with Dan Rather for being so cold to those he met on the way up.
What if David did get the note (somehow) and went to the bus station to see Kenneth? Upon seeing his friend and realizing he needed help, he dropped the note while giving the poor guy a hug.
We don't know who dropped the note, only that Kenneth wrote it for David and it was found at the bus station.
I wonder how the note was to reach David.
OH! I just got it. Kenneth could have written the note on his bus ticket stub (a part you don't need to board with), stuck it to David's door and went to the bus station to wait for either the bus to take him or the friend to help him. David finds the note, helps his friend and a couple of years later David empties his coat pocket while walking through a parking lot thereby dropping the note near Joel's office.
I wish life was as happy as it plays out in my head...
I think it’s pretty shitty that everyone assumes that Kenneth could not manage his money or was cracked out. Who knows maybe he just wanted to ask David if he could crash on his couch till his next pay check, its got to be pretty freaky to come home and find your place locked up. Poor dude hope he figured things out.
C'mon. If you hafta remind someone who you are with "this is your friend," (oh, and you dont have their phone number) it probably means that you are not really good friends. I'm guessing that's why David ditched Kenneth.
i wonder why he put a time on the note
Madison, represent with our found shit!!!
For someone who's pseudo-homeless, he's pretty calm, if I got temporarily evicted I'd be in a blind panic...props to anyone who can keep their cool in hard times...
There's all kindsa content in this note to indicate that Kenneth is a less than savory character.
A friend in need is a pain in the arse. An emergence? Cant emerge if you are locked out buddy...
I would assume the ticket Kenneth wrote the note on was just a discarded piece of scrap found on the floor. A heated bus station in February (in Wisconsin!)would make a great temporay home base to hatch one's next move in life, no ?
My bet is Kenneth probably spotted a sweeter mark within the bus station whom he promptly introduced himself too and wormed the $40 from. He's probably sitting at home right now living like a king while his new friend from the bus station strips day shift so as Ken never has to go through that horrible experience ever again.
where was this found at? the handwriting looks familier
that's my birthday!!!