Jackie London
♥ Howlin' Pelle
you do realise that a mobile phone conversation occurs every day before he gets to the bench... it's with his partner.... and is along the lines of;
Partner: "okay, i'll get you at the bench, i'll be 10 minutes, i'm just popping into M&S to buy a newspaper"
Man: "okay, sweetie"
...2 hours later, laden with shopping bags, partner arrives at bench, nonchalantly empties shopping into mans backpack, and expects a lift home!
Mystery solved!! No need for further enquiry! QED!