Wal-Mart Incident

[mrdreamjeans]

The Divine Bovine and I were at Wal-Mart yesterday (yes, it is the biggest store in town:) to get my reading glasses repaired (which I just got last Fall and hate to admit needing). I was having a good day until the young salesperson who waited on me cheerily asked me, "Is this your son?" (referring to Timothy who was standing behind me).

In a gritted, strangulated tone, I answered, "Nooooo..." and then she said, "Oh, he must be your brother then. You look so much a like!" Arrrggghhh! I wanted to slap her perky, pretty (and so young) face! LOL!

Yes, Tim and I have reddish beards in common, but that is about it. Tim will dine out on that exchange for a long time:) In fact, I had to listen to him sing, Papa, Can You Hear Me" for the remainder of the day. (which I confess made me laugh).

This has happened before, but only in Texas!

Comments

I think I can top that one...

[bruinwi.livejournal.com]

My siblings and my birthyears are spaced rather neatly apart in four-year intervals. I'm four years younger than my brother, and four years older than my older sister. Our kid sister is the exception, as she's nearly 12 years younger than me.

When I was about 15, my sisters were rough-housing on the couch. Kid sister fell off the couch, and hit the back of her head on a coffee table. Since she was bleeding (Head wounds ALWAYS bleed like crazy), it was decided that she should be taken to an emergency room. My brother, who was 18, drove, and the older sister, feeling guilty, came along as well. I ended up carrying my 3-year-old sister into the E.R. The attending nurse looked at me and said, calm as you please, "Are you the father of this child?" I set my siter on a gurney and replied, "I hope NOT!" She then turned to my brother and asked, "Are you her uncle?"

Re: I think I can top that one...

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Both the nurse in your story and the optician in mine are obviously poor judges of age!

Re: I think I can top that one...

[bruinwi.livejournal.com]

Well, they DO tend to marry young down there...

Me, I've been blessed/cursed with looking mature for my age. The BWM episode in which Ed is called "Pops" is based on a true incident that happened to me...before I turned 50.

But then, I also had kids thinking I was Santa before I turned 45...