Topix Underground

I did the tile at this joint called the Birmingham Palladium. There was a company in there called "Huge Inc." that did something like AI. There were rows of computers at long tables and a bunch of hippies in there. I think they went bust. I knew they would. The tile they had me cutting were like $25 a piece. Totally inappropriate for what they were doing but typical of effete West Side  pansies.

 It's very fashionable in that neighborhood. The parking scene was ridiculous. I had shit to carry so I always wanted to be right in front of the building and there was never a spot, the meter maids were relentless. Finally, one day, I flipped out - all sweaty, dirty, in my work clothes losing my shit on a public sidewalk. This homosexual came out of the hair salon I was in front of and said "I have been watching you for a week and I can't take seeing you suffer anymore...here!" and he dumped like twenty bucks in quarters into my hands. 
I went back the next day and gave him two rolls of quarters, thanked him and promised to seek help.  I started working in the middle of the night after that so I could avoid traffic.
I hate the West Side.