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

That was priceless!

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Some people just don't get it, do they?

And only in Texas. Teehee!

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?"

[woofytexan.livejournal.com]

You should have said yes and explain the master/slave, daddy/boi relationship world to her. *eg*

[handlebear.livejournal.com]

I can just imagine the imp of a kow doing that to you:)

[mncuddlecub.livejournal.com]

Could have been funny to see if she'd catch something like, "No, he's not my son, but I used to be his daddy!"

PS> I HATE WalMart! :o)

Incident

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I'm curious...I couldn't tell if you found it funny. - Kow Daddy

Re: That was priceless!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

She also didn't know when to stop while she was questionably ahead:)

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!

Explaining

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

That would be so 70s of me:) I've been being daddy'd since I was 22. It sure was nice to meet you! I'll be in touch about my trip up there, as soon as I know about my New York and Boston trip. Hope to see ya! BTW, hope you liked the photo of you and Tim. I thought you both looked very handsome!

Kow

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I could feel the divine bovine behind me grinning as it happened. I have to admit I milked it with him for laughs the rest of the day:) It was nice to meet you in SF at the concert.

Quick with a line...

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I wish I had thought of that, but it would have shocked that little girl for the rest of the day, maybe her life:) I hate Wal-Mart too, except for how well the stock I purchased for my mother does! Hugs!

Crumple - "hiy"

[mncuddlecub.livejournal.com]

WalMart:
Successful -Yes
Am I happy for your mother -Yes, absolutely
Is it easy to find things at WalMart? No
Is that why I hate WalMart? One of a couple good reasons.
Is the "help" at WalMart ironically named? Very much so!

The last time I shopped at WalMart, I didn't buy anything. I was so disgusted with the fact that I couldn't find anything. How do they organize that store anyway? Never will you go anywhere else that you can have toys on one side of the isal, and cutlery on the other. Or have departments that actually bend.

-"Shoes? oh yes, just go to the cosmetics department, hang a right, then you will be in the shoe department. Oh Nike's specifically? Well make sure you walk to the end of the isal, hang a left, and you'll find them at the end of that isal. Yeah, next to the Crock Pots and Batteries."

I was so upset with the place, but had to stay because my room mate was buying some cheap working shirts... though he had trouble finding his size because the hangers were labeled differently than what the actual shirt sizes were.

We then proceeded to check out, at which the clerk did not speak one single word to either of us. He didn't even tell my roomie the total charge for the purchase, he had to just lean over to see what the screen said. The clerk did make a noise though, oh yes! One at a time, he'd crumple up one of my roomies shirts -not folded, crumpled into a ball- and slam dunk the shirt into the plastic bag making a "Hiy" sound. Crumple- "hiy", crumple- "hiy", crumple- "hiy".

It was truly an amazing thing.

Re: Crumple - "hiy"

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I will not mention Wal-Mart again. I will not mention Wal-Mart again. I will not mention Wal-Mart again. I will, however, enjoy the stock splits of...uhm...uh.... that company in Bentonville, Arkansas:) I will from now on out only talk about Hersheys. There is always room for chocolate talk....

Re: That was priceless!

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Obviously! :-)

Glad you made it in one piece and that the Kow is as well.

BTW

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

I liked that icon you used. You look almost impish. Cute.

Re: Crumple - "hiy"

[mncuddlecub.livejournal.com]

Actually I don't really like chocolate. BUT unlike Wal... that company in Betonville Arkansas, I CAN understand why a person would like chocolate. I'm more of a Vanilla cub!

[ex-nashobabe711.livejournal.com]

Your comment on lowfatmuffin's page brought me here (HI! May I friend you?) ... I have had this happen so many times it's frightening...at different points in my life with different boyfriends, lovers, husbands, if you will... Most recently, when my partner Dale, AKA Bikerbaer entered the world of hospitals and rehab, we have had more than one nurse, aide, or doctor ask if we were brothers. I mean, yes, we both have beards, but we look as much alike as Mutt and Jeff ... what they are picking up on is other than visual...or maybe, as I have said before, all gays look alike to (some) straight people?!

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...

Friending

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Please do:)