Mister

"Excuse me, Mister. Could you scoot down? You're a little too close." I ask.

He replied succinctly, "Of course. you need only ask."

"Thank you," I say, believing the conversation had ended there. This man was an odd one, most people don't talk like that. Additionally, it was odd to sit shoulder-to-shoulder with a stranger at a bus stop. But before you could contemplate this stranger, he speaks up.

"Excuse me, but, may I ask who you are?"