I saw Shohei Ohtani at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “That’s fine, it’s a pleasure to meet you we can take as many photos as you want ” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Wow” but then he politely interjected and said he could use his phone and he would text me the pictures. After he signed an autograph he walked away and I continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front he paid for my fifteen Milky Ways.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and he was like “Where is the tip option”

When she took one of the bars he walked behind the counter and started scanning them himself, she tried to stopped him but he told her she looked like she could use a break and proceeded to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After he scanned each bar and put them in my bag he paid for the old lady behind me and helped her carry her groceries home.