Seeing someone worse off than myself makes me feel safer. The narrator says that seeing someone who is worse off makes him feel "safe" . He thinks that everyone is "a little messed up" , and he wonders how adult of the boss he is. He tells the boss that he heard rumors that the old man's friend, kuroji, was best friend with the boss's old man, and that the boss should not keep his customers waiting for him. He says that the poor are pathetic, and people come with their "power and social standing . . but or two . that they