Secret Asian Man

Here's another character sketch from Starbucks. There's this guy, Asian in appearance but completely American in voice, who comes for coffee on a regular basis. He stays for a while, though not as long as me, but spends most of his time at the counter chatting up the staff. I call him "Secret Asian Man," both because of his deceptive voice and the suave, debonair attitude he gives off in his flirtations.

My guess is that he works the usual day-wage type of job, like me, but has lots of stories about what he "really" does for a living. He hacks into corporate websites as an independent contractor to test security systems. He's a professional sharpshooter, and will be competing for South Korea in the 2012 Olympics. He's a hand model. He designs detailed miniatures for independent movies. He restores antique automobiles. He trains Lipizzaner stallions. He was a performer with Cirque de Soleil until The Accident.

Here's something I just realized... for each of those things, there is a person in the world for which it is true. Maybe some of them even come here in the mornings.