overheard at work

here's the back story - a man with polio and a pregnant woman have been living under the overpass on the side of my building since the spring. they've got quite the set up - a queen size mattress, a guest mattress, coolers, tables and chairs, even a laundry basket. we've been watching them out the window since march and know their every move - one colleague has become an expert. she can tell you when they eat, what they eat, when they wake, where they've gone if they're away ... you get the picture. with winter coming, a group of us decided to pitch in and get them a tent and some sleeping bags. (gave the stuff to them and introduced ourselves a few weeks ago.)

okay then - here's the recent conversation:

colleague one (the tone was - can you believe how good she has it!): i went down there yesterday to give them some food and she was WEARING PERFUME!!! so she's got two pairs of shoes, two purses AND she wears perfume!

colleague two: but she IS living in a tent under a bridge ...