# Re: Low Tide?

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Posted by LeviLovR on August 10, 2020 at 03:26:28

In Reply to: Re: Low Tide? posted by Wet now on August 10, 2020 at 01:15:04:

No. Not today. I am there so much people are pretty much used to me by now and I have seen and helped most of them before.

Actually one guy said I should have worn shorts and I told him this is what I always wore. Another mentioned my boots as I was sitting on the rock drying off and how he hoped they would be ok. I said they had been wet several times before and would be just fine. People are always concerned about my boots more than anything else. So technically I guess you could say that they did make a comment after all. I don't think about it much anymore.

People often walk by and make various comments. One woman walked by the other day and said, "I like a man who gets dressed up to go boating." Others will say things like, "That's not your typical beach wear." Others will say, "You should get a bathing suit" and I reply "This IS my bathing suit" and they usually laugh. I have not detected any malice or scorn. Most often when I jump in to help fully dressed they say, "Oh, you didn't have to get wet!" to which I respond "Oh I do it here all the time. No big deal. It's only water, it will dry." When I said that to a man the other day after helping him with his catamaran (very windy day, the mast actually broke and they were stuck out in the middle of the lake with no sail and no motor and had to be towed in by another boat) that he thought that was a great attitude and it was too bad more people didn't feel that way. The second thing people comment about after my boots is my hat. People often walk by and say "I just love your hat" or that's a great hat!"

I really haven't had a lot of negative vibes, in fact most things are pretty positive. One family was renting a pontoon boat for the weekend. A fairly large group of people going up and down the dock carrying all sorts of items from their cars to the boat. As one of the men was filling out the rental paperwork some of them stopped to chat with me. Many were visiting from Pennsylvania and had not been to Maine before. I said I hoped they enjoyed their stay and had a great day on the water. One lady asked me if she could take my picture and I agreed. When they returned the following day they all ran down to me. "We were hoping you would be here! You were the feature of our slide show last night." Again, more pleasant conversation and all of them waving to me as they headed out on the lake.

Usually the comments I get now are: "You helped me the last time I was here" or "You helped me last week" and even "You helped me last year!" All followed by "Do you remember?" No not always. I've gotten comments like "So glad to see you back this year." One lady and her son were pulling their boat out before Isaias hit last week. As the lady drove the boat up to the ramp she said. "I heard there was a very friendly man that comes here. Nice to meet you." I am now on a first name basis with several people. I will talk to anybody, answer their questions, do what I can.

Sorry for the extremely lengthy reply. The point is that most people don't remember me for what I am wearing, they remember me for what I do and what I have done. And I have done it standing fully clothed up to my neck in water. I HAVE made a difference in the end and it has been a very positive experience.

And it didn't start out that way. My motives were strictly selfish. I thought it would be a great way to get wet in my clothes that people wouldn't object to or complain about. They would think it was a gut reaction type of thing, just jumping in to help without thinking. But it was very contrived and calculated in the beginning. I am so very glad it has evolved into something else.

But it still is a fantastic way to get wet in your clothes.

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