By Jessica Saia
In what I really hope ends up to be one of the greatest meet-cutes of all time, an SF woman took to Craigslist’s Missed Connections earlier this month to try to track down a local hero and ask him on a date. In the post, the woman, Tiffany, gives an extremely bad-ass account of a stranger who tried to run down a masked man who stole a little old lady’s purse at a bus stop. The whole thing reads like urban fanfic, and it really has it all. Highlights include:
A ninja-like cartwheel,
coffee slammed on the ground,
the phrases “SUCK ON THIS, CRIMINAL!”, and “Trust me, I’m from Cleveland.”,
and an attempted round-house kick that was foiled by a parking meter.
I know some people might argue that it’s incredibly stupid to confront a mugger, mid-mug, but it makes me so happy to read this kind of story. I was mugged myself, years ago, on my way to my first day of work in SF. Five guys beat me up and took off with my stuff (my poor mom was on the phone with me and heard the whole thing), and this incredible stranger/angel immediately dropped his dog’s leash and ran after them in flip flops. They got away, and while I can’t say I was quite as…aroused…as Tiffany here, I’m seriously forever grateful to that guy. (Thanks again, flip flop guy!)
If anything, I think the takeaway is that there are still some circumstances in this world where you can end up weeping, pants-less on the ground and someone who drives a Kia will want to go on a date with you.
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