Asked to imagine a day of anonymity, Obama talks of grocery shopping, ice-cream

There’s a lot that Barack Obama has. But he will never have anonymity. Recently, media outlet root.com asked the former US president to imagine a day of freedom from fame.

Obama’s answer was bland, unlike his recently released book, ‘A Promised Land’.

“You know, honestly, I’d just take a walk,” Obama said. “Go to the grocery store. Go out to dinner with Michelle. Maybe get some ice cream. Around my second or third year in office, I’d have this recurring dream, maybe once every six months, where I’m walking down the street and head into a coffee shop or a bar or something and nobody recognizes me. It was great!”

Ice-cream has a long association with Obama. His first summer job was at a Baskin Robbins in Hawaii. In a LinkedIn post, Obama had described his work as “brutal on the wrist.” But, he said, “it taught me some valuable lessons. Responsibility. Hard work. Balancing a job with friends, family, and school. While I may have lost my taste for ice cream after one too many free scoops, I’ll never forget that job — or the people who gave me that opportunity — and how they helped me get to where I am today”