Overheard at the Bird Sanctuary
I overheard pieces of a woman’s cell phone conversation today at the Palo Alto Duck Pond while walking in to the visitor’s center. In order to set a mental picture of the scene, the woman was overweight and in her late 30s or early 40s and carrying a very expensive SLR camera with huge telephoto lens and a camera bag.
“No, it’s not worth going to jail over. No, stop. It’s only $7. Look, I just talked to the ranger and it’s definitely illegal. It’s only $7! Give me the money and I’ll give it to him tomorrow. It’s really not worth going to jail over.”