Subway Stories-Episode 1

After a long day, I found myself a seat on the subway platform and was patiently waiting for my train while looking at my phone when I was approached by a harmless homeless gentleman. He seemed non-threatening and had a close resemblance to black Santa. He asked me what kind of phone I had. I replied "a fancy one". Why one would tell a homeless man they had a "fancy phone" is beyond me. Why those were the words I chose I will never know. Anyway, that answer was not good enough for him. He is a NYC homeless man after all. So he asked again "but what KIND of phone?". I replied "a blackberry". He took one look at my touch screen blackberry and asked "oh...why didn't you get the iphone?". Really? A homeless man is asking me why I didn't get the iphone? So I was honest. I said "well it was cheaper and it was on my network". Here I am explaining my cell phone choice to a homeless man on a subway platform. How is this happening? Then out of no where he says "so can we move in together? I'll buy you an iphone." I don't know what that means when someone is homeless. Would this mean he would move in with me since I already have a place? Would I move with him and roam the streets of NY. Though I was not interested in his offer, even though the iphone seemed a tad enticing, I was curious about what he meant. Luckily my train arrived at this time. So I nicely said "well I have to go sorry this is my train". He then walked me to the door and asked me where it was that I lived. I told him I lived in Brooklyn and he said "oh is it the crackhead infested part?". I don't know if he knows people there or was asking me if I lived there just because I didn't have an iphone and being a NY homeless man he knew no iphone meant no money. As I boarded the N train he kept yelling "Think about it. We can move in together. Think about it. 32 gig. 32 gig." I was laughing as the doors closed and everyone was looking at me like I was crazy for talking to him. One woman kept looking at me as if for a second or so she was considering if I was actually in a relationship with homeless black Santa. Maybe she saw my blackberry too and just assumed.