When Luke was 12, his friend confides in him that he likes to eat dog food. The worst thing Luke ever did was rat his friend out to family. Luke is sorry, sort of. This is part of my ongoing series of conversations at Denver-area coffeehouses on different themes.

Rusty remembers bullying an African American girl in his neighborhood. He knew better, but he says if he didn’t become a bully, someone would come after him instead. It’s the worst thing he ever did. From my Denver interviews, another in this series recorded at St. Mark’s Coffeehouse.

Erin says the worst thing she’s ever done is slap a child. It wasn’t hers. And she was in a foreign country at the time. This is more from the series called “The Worst Thing I Ever Did,” recorded at Kaladi Coffeehouse in Denver.

As part of my series of short conversations on different themes, I asked people at Kaladi Coffeehouse in Denver what was the best or worst thing they ever did. Andy says he is still sorry that he smacked his dog upside the head.