Chuck Wagon memories

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Friday going to downtown post office to check my box,
a man stopped me saying "Michael?" I did not recognize
him, he is Sati from Saudia Arabia and majored in math
(and bad coffee in the Chuck Wagon) 40 years ago. He 
even remembered the subject(s) I was majoring in.

His 3 kids call him Sati his last name, he doesnt use
his first name (Abdullah Rahmen). he runs an import
business from his house. 

we stood and batted the breeze for some minutes. i
thought i should ask him what his take on current American 
attitudes towards Arab Americans was (and i did), he 
spoke of TV talk shows as a bad influence in this regard. 

i asked him if his life had turned out acceptably, he sort
of gave the question a yiddishe shrug.