I hope this picture didn’t offend? That wasn’t my intention at all. I just wanted you to see a guy sitting in a trolley. A real guy. Somebody you spoke to. Somebody you knew stuff about. I could print this photo a thousand times and give it away to random strangers, all of whom will just see a guy they don’t know. It will mean nothing to them. But those who do know me will see something. They’ll see part of my story. They might know about my marriage and wonder if I’m okay. Or it will remind them of me acting like a dork in high school. It could prompt somebody to check in on my parents, wonder if I’m still into snowboarding (I am!), ask when I’m coming home or where I’m going next. What I’m trying to say is, I’m a real guy, with a real story. The guy in your picture isn’t nobody, isn’t nothing. He’s just a guy who you don’t know. Whether he was posing for a picture to make souvenirs or not, he will have a childhood, a family, a thought to the future of some sort. You might never know the story behind his picture, but there will be a story. Like mine. Like yours. Jx

Below this message, the following day, Justin had added two more photos.

Both images were of people I don’t know sitting in the same trolley outside the Seven Eleven. One of a young Thai girl, cross-legged with her smiling head popping over the edge, giving the peace sign. The other a Western woman, plump and sweating, her hair pulled up into a high bun and her tongue sticking out. Justin included a further message;

The Thai girl is Sopa. She’s seventeen and her family have a small laundry business in Bangkok. She has two sisters. Her passion is singing and she played ‘Hero’ by Mariah Carey on her phone and sang along to it right there on the street. She was amazing! Her dream is to go to London one day and become a student.

The other photo is Nat. She’s British, from a place called Huddersfield. Do you know it? She’s on her honeymoon but her new husband ate some king prawns in the hope his seafood allergy had magically disappeared, and he’s room-bound, or in her words ‘loo-bound’. She’s a TV script writer and huge fan of Leeds United. Her mom died last year and she found her whole wedding tough to get through. I had a few drinks with her and when it comes to doing shots, you and her could be kindred spirits!