Topical Guide 549
Mark Dorset
Experience: Real, Fictional, Vicarious, Shared
Reservations Recommended, Chapter 7:
“Oh, I went to Brazil,” says one of the girls, not the one who has caught Matthew’s eye. “Or not Brazil exactly? Peru? I had this roommate who was from Peru? And she was always like, ‘Come visit me’? So I go? And I found out that in Peru, if you eat at a café, you know, on the street? The beggars, they come right up to you while you’re eating and go, ‘I’m hungry, can you give me your food?’ It’s terrible. I can’t stand it. They should wait until you’re finished eating — it makes you very upset.”
[I happen to know that the foregoing was drawn from life. MD]
See also:
Experience: Real, Fictional, Vicarious, Shared TG 81
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