Have you ever been mistaken for a homeless person? True story! :-)

[Mahonri]

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I thought of you when I read this post....

ME TOO!

 

[Mahonri]

So silkie you are a twinkie?

Down here we have coconuts.

Mexican on the outside, white on the inside....

They also sometimes call themselves "Oreos"

 

[bluey]

m00res and seismic... funny stories!!!

thanks for sharing...I'm also one who does not dress up to go shopping and abhor when condesending salestards approach me warily as I shop (which I can't stand to do in the first place). I just tell them to leave me be, I'm a big boy and can figure out all the "complexities of a modern dishwasher" all on my own.

 

[bluey]

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I must be living under a rock, I never heard any of them terms... I'll assume none of them are proper to use when I'm out walking about...

 

[lengel]

We had an ice storm last week and I was due for a shower the morning we lost power. Two days into it, I went to Lowe's, one of the few places in the area that had power, to buy plug-in radiators because I was pretty sure that our power had been off long enough that our pipes would burst as soon as the furnace came back on.

Here's the funny part: My hair gets really greasy after about 36 hours of not washing it. By the time I walked into Lowe's, I looked absolutely awful. But I just didn't care. I had been up at all hours keeping a roaring fire going and catnapping on the loveseat as DH was coming down with a major cold. And I figured that I was in the same boat as everyone else even though I looked a lot worse.

People in the store, especially women, recoiled, then touched their own hair which was pulled back in barrettes or ponytails. I could practically hear them thinking that this was what they would look like in a matter of days.

Then I marched up to a saleswoman and asked where the oil-filled radiators were. She was helpful - but you could tell that she was really making an effort.

It was really funny. I'm absolutely certain that if over a million people in the area had not been living without power, I would have been kicked out.

 

[lengel]

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I must be living under a rock, I never heard any of them terms... I'll assume none of them are proper to use when I'm out walking about...

I'm absolutely certain that neither my Japanese MIL nor my DH would have any idea of what a twinkie is.

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

I once walked into a car dealership and this big ole potbellied, good ole boy, moseyed over to me and said, "What can I do for you little lady?"

We were in Delaware....

I said, "Find me a salesperson who won't be so condescending."

 

[seismic wonder2]

It pays to be nice.
One of my first chef positions was when I was 16 back in Alabama. It was at a Holiday Inn restaurant, pretty nice, I mostly ran the place by my self, anyway, a scrappy lookin guy in bib overalls came in and was being completely ignored by the waitress.
I was all cought up in the back so I popped round the divider and asked if he needed help and showed him to a table, and told him what I was on "special" and what I particularly liked to cook. He looked at me sort of funny but didn't say anything. I barked at the waitress to get him some water and take his order and bounced back in the kitchen.
It turns out it was the mayor, he knew my dad (chief of police at the time) and came down to try my version of chicken fettechini al fredo. I got a $20.00 tip, waitress got a repremand from the manager when he found out the mayor was there and the cook had to seat him.
I never liked her anyway. She was a snotty old b****. LOL
(But I guess when you're 16, EVERYBODYs old...)

 

[HennysMom]

well at least I'm not the only one with stories like this!

Story #1: Hubby and I were looking to get another car and he was workng so he asked me to go look at a car, so I went to a car dealership all by myself (oh imagine that!

) to look for a car to purchase - and dontcha know - I must've got I Have a What's Car Salesmens Cousin because I'm looking at this used Mazda and tell the guy to leave me be - I'm looking. He proceeds to pester me and tells me the cars "good - nothings wrong with it, clean as a whistle, no leaks, nothing." Uh huh..I keep telling him to just leave me alone - let me be - he wont. So.. I take it for a drive - then tell him when I get back to "pop the hood". He just gives me a look and says snotty like "uh..well..." But I cut him off before he could even say another word with "Just pop the hood, please." So - I start looking at the engine, noticed some oil leaking around the gaskets and followed it down - so I drop down on the sales room floor and under the car. By this time the guy is snickering and then has the audacity to say to me "Honey, I dont think you should be under there - maybe you should wait for your husband so he can tell you what you're looking at."

I popped out from underneath that car so fast - with oil on my hand mind you - and smiled sweetly at the salesman, asked him his name then held my hand out to him, (he took it mind you) and as I wiped the oil onto his nice clean hand... I said "First off, I'm not your "honey" and secondly - I dont need my husband here to tell me that this car is a piece of junk. By the way, you've got an oil leak around your oil pan. Have a nice day!"

Pays to have a 69 Dodge Charger and a hubby that knows cars and work on it with him

Story #2:

I was working outside all day one day with hubby - we were filthy dirty and he was busy, but we needed some groceries. I was too tired to shower so decided to go just as I was, I mean..its the grocery store right? who cares?! So off I go and I needed ALOT of groceries! So there I am, dirty clothes, hairs a mess, no makeup - just trucking along blissfully minding my own business and ended up with 2 shopping carts full, my youngest was still in diapers and formula so I had lots of baby items too. I get up to the register and this girl just does this

to me and at first, I thought "hmm..I know she didnt just roll her eyes at me...I must be mistaken" so I start unloading the first items off my cart and dont think anything else about the cashier. I get to about the 10th item and I hear this "heavy sigh" so I look up and this girl is actually cracking her gum and her hands are folded across her chest now and she shuts down her light! I'm standing there looking at her and I turn around to see WHO is she looking at that way. No one behind me.. no one beside me - so its ME! I then ask her "Excuse me - is there a problem?" She looks at me and says "I just had a welfare woman come through and it took like an hour with her WIC stamps and now I have to do this again with you!" OH MY GOD my jaw hit the floor right there! I know I must've stood there for a minute or two because I had no idea what to say!

I finally gathered myself together and smiled sweetly at her and said to her "Sweetie - first of all...I'm sure that mother that came through your line didnt want to be on WIC and suffer the humiliation you and people like you cause her to, but thank you for showing what a complete idiot you are. Secondly, I myself am not on WIC, I am paying cash for all of my groceries, but if I were - that would be none of your business. Thirdly, enjoy unemployment.

She was fired on the spot.

 

[seismic wonder2]

WAHOO! Whack-em where it hurts!

I went to a store, the chick comes and says, "kein ouie heeeeelp yieuw?" I said, "Sure, I'm here for whining lessons..."

I have a thing for P.O. ing snotty what nots..