So we were real busy Saturday and I was running around like a chickenlittle with his head cut off. Wait that would be a kosher chickenlittle! Anyway I was running from one group to another trying to keep a handle on everything until the wife made it in to the store.
So there are these two woman looking at our private label stuff at the front of the store. One of them is considerably and I mean considerably older than the other. So I go up to them and give my usual bullshit. "So is this your first time in the store, welcome." "We fit sizes 10 to 28 and have lots of cool accessories and stuff." "How did you hear about us?" So far so good. Then trouble.
"So is this your mom?" "Oh my God...I can't believe it....I have to go...I will be shopping down the block at the cheese store....see you." The older one stomps out.
The younger one says "That's not my mom, that's my partner." Holy faux pa Batman!
I apologize. She lectures me that I really shouldn't make assumptions. Sure there whatever you say. Anyway she looks at a few dresses and gets one that she wants to try on. But she looks at the price tag. It was $96. She goes "Oh no that is way out of my price range." And walks out.
So I don't feel so bad. At least when I insult someone inadvertently, it's not one of my customers.
But if she is going to date an old person, shouldn't they have money?
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Part-time cad, part-time sensitive guy...can't just be normal?
Had a couple who used to come into my joint. He looked 65+, she could have been anything between 14 and 34. I honestly couldn't tell how old she was, even standing right up next to her. Her skin was flawless. Never could get any clues from conversation, either. Usually you can at least get within a decade from pop culture references. Nothing. Neither one was particularly attractive and they didn't seem to have piles of cash; she worked somewhere in town. It always perplexed us what was the story on that relationship.
How about this for a pho faw? My ex-partner (business, that is) was in the kitchen one day. Of course, you can't hear a word of what anyone is saying to you, but he was nodding his head and grinning, talking to a customer. He yelled out, "Hey, haven't seen you in awhile." The customer responded, "Yeah, my mom's been sick and she just died."
"Great! Glad to hear it," as he continues to grin and nod his head. Ouch.
Hey don't feel bad about it. If the youngster was polite and raised right she would not have injected her political nonsense into the mix. As to the old bag, she was just down right rude and inconsiderate.
This is where we are at in this country. No manners any more. It is all personal political BS. I would have given the younger one directions to the nearest Kmart or Wal-Mart if she was looking for cheap.
BTW, they looked pretty happy in the picture. I guess you snapped that before you stuck your foot in your mouth?
Were they enjoying hard-boiled eggs while they shopped? Be careful.
Jeremy Shockey likes hard-boiled eggs as a pre-game meal.
Partner? That word, to me, does not fit for any long-term relationship.
WTF is wrong with saying my girlfriend or my boyfriend or my Bristish Asian husband? Heh.
Punchline: If she dies she dies.
You all know the joke.
Just to be clear, that is not the couple. Just what I got when I googled old woman/young woman.
I should have just told her if she liked it she should have put a ring on it.
A teething ring.
I was just being my typical smartass self when I referenced that photo.
I know, that was for the people playing at home.
You know, there was a time when that would've been their cover story. Or "aunt". Was that really so horrible?
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