writing exercise (short story)

trouble
graph
camping
float

She knew it was going to be a long day. The trouble started when she was walking to the train station. A couple of the regulars were camping out in the park. One of the gentlemen asked her for a quarter and as usual she said no. That shouldn’t have been unusual, but I guess the heat must have gotten to the man. He said “Stupid ho.” She turned around and said, “Excuse me? I just know you didn’t go there.” He said, “Hell yeah, I went there and what are you going to do about it?” She said, “What makes you think I’m going to do something about it?” “I don’t have to give you anything. Why don’t you get a job?” Just then a cop walked by. “Ma’am are you bothering this man?” asked the cop.
“No,” replied the woman. “This man is bothering me. He just solicited me for a quarter. I know there has got to be some kind of panhandling law.”
“There is one, but because people usually don’t file complaints, these people just kind of float from corner to corner.”
“Well you know what? I’m going to file a complaint.” “This man made me late for my final exam. I’ve got to graph formulas and stuff.”
The officer said, “No problem ma’am. I can take your report here.” She filled out the report and took it to her stupid professor who wouldn’t even let her make up the final exam. He said she should have given the man a quarter…