Whenever I go out I seem to run into something that would make a funny story. I often have a dialogue in my head about how I could write it out, but then I never do. I guess I wonder if it’s funny to only me and if I actually posted it, maybe people wouldn’t find it that interesting?
Just yesterday I was in the elevator leaving the apartment to go to work. There was this realllly old guy in the elevator. And I mean old. Either that or he’s been smoking since he was 8 because he looks THAT old. Not to mention he smells like a chimney. I could barely breathe in that small space.
As the door closes he just stares at me up and down while tapping his cane. And finally says, “Is that a chador you’re wearing, or is that for the cold?”
I look back at him, not sure what he’s trying to get at, and honestly answer, “It’s a scarf.”
He spits out his reply, “I know that’s a scarf.” I could tell he was a little pissed off. But I didn’t’ mean to be rude. I thought he was one of those people who had no idea what a scarf was.
“I’m asking if it’s for religious reasons you wear that on your head, or if it’s because of the cold weather.”
Well sheesh, now that you put it that way, “It’s for religious reasons.”
I dashed out of the elevator and ran to catch my bus.
Sunday, 7. February 2010
The guy in the elevator needs to quit smoking and read some books. Maybe he will realize that the world isn’t made up of smokers with canes, but all kinds of people. Even religious ones, who wear scarves.
When I hear about ignorant people like that, it takes me back to a silly Eddie Murphy movie called the Nutty Professor, where the Grandmother tells her son-in-law, “Boy, would I like to throw some hot grease on you!”
I guess God, in all his wonder, even made stupid people. We have to accept them because they are his creations.
Thursday, 25. February 2010
Thanks Krystal for your comment
I agree there are all sorts of folks out there and lol at the reading books!