Do you guys know what ‘intimate strangers’ are? I remember the phrase because this woman came on a BBC show with a list of new words. It’s those people who you see everyday – so much so that they become part of your life, but at the same time they’re still strangers. It maybe someone who gets the same bus as you, or someone who you see at the lunch queue every day.
This time last year I was just about to start work as an Xmas Temp at M&S. It’s in a shopping centre which is where I work now too! So remember my ‘regulars’ from last year? I see them everyday now too, especially cute calender club guy(CCCG). There is also millie’s cookie’s guy(MCG). It’s so weird how much you come to know about them, even though I swear I don’t pay them any special attention (really!). CCCG lives somewhere on the way to Geldhow (3A bus if you must know) and he had quite a conservative haircut last year but now he shaved it all off and has a mohawk which makes me think he is going through a midlife crisis or something. Maybe he split up with his wife? I thought MCG was nice – he used to listen to music and read Penguin Classics on the bus back home but then once I overheard his conversation (it’s a small bus stop!) with this girl and he was talking about prostitutes in a derogatory way which makes me not like him anymore. But he still said HI to me which kind of makes you realise you all know each other in a way – I just find this concept weird!
Anyway, what’s your favourite fact about an intimate stranger you know?
I went to my local Schuh store and they said they had run out! And then they sent me to the city centre, who did have them, but not in my size. This was the day before Eid. And then they sent me to a really far away one and I just couldn’t be bothered 
