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My Street Sub

I am 34 years old and end up working on Easter, setting plastic eggs out for the kid’s Easter egg hunt that will take place later this morning. I am dressed in my usual Parks and Rec. polo and tan shorts pulling into the parking lot and driving across the grass to begin unloading the boxes of colorful eggs to scatter over the sprawling lawns As I began unloading I got a call from the woman that was supposed to be here already, her car quit and would be late at the very least, I asked her to hurry and get here to help set up. I put on my headset and got back to unloading boxes from the truck and had been working for a few minutes when someone touched my right shoulder causing me to jump and I think I even yelled out a touch of profanity, taking off my headset as I turned to see a guy in his low 20’s, brown eyes light brown hair that looked a bit unkempt carrying a backpack. "Oh, I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to startle you ma." The kid said. "It’s ok I just hadn’