A Road Diverged

I never knew parking lots could be so interesting.  Usually I see them as a tangle of cars and humans trying not to run into each other.  But I was driving through the parking lot on my way to the store and I noticed this man on his cell phone walking towards the cars (away from the stores).  He stuck out to me because at first I thought it was my dad.  And then I remembered that although my dad has a cell phone, I don’t think he ever uses it.  Anyway, I thought nothing more of it and parked and went into the store.  Fast forward about five to ten minutes.  I’m now driving through the parking lot to go home.  In front of me, in almost the exact same spot, is the same man.  Except this time he was walking towards the store and holding an empty plasitc bag in his hand.  To most people, this will not be seen as an extraordinary, or even interesting, post.  But I couldn’t help but wonder what the man was up to.  Was he speaking with his wife and she reminded him to grab the empty plastic bag out of his car?  Was the store out of bags (unlikely as that seems)?  Is the bag his friend and he felt bad about forgetting it?  Did he hide the phone in the bag?  Why did he need to go back to his car to get an empty bag?  I’m sure the store would have given him one.  Puzzling.  Hmmmm, perhaps I have too much time on my hands…