the things you over hear
what do you think this was about:
I went to Wendy's for lunch the other day. I sat near the window staring at my car while eating all my french fries before touching the burger (its a bad habit, I know).
A woman walks in. For some reason her entrance got my attention and I turned to look. She looked back at me as if she recognized me or as if she was trying to recognize me, so, naturally, I turn quickly the other way and pretend I don't notice.
Out of the corner of my eye I see that she's recognized someone else as the person she was supposed to meet. It seemed like the first time they'd met. They were sitting nearby so I could hear some of their conversation, but, apparently for the reasons I will soon discuss, they were keeping their voices very low.
It started with introductions and then immediately gets pretty awkward, she starts telling him how she got caught up at work and thats why she's late. And then she starts to explain how long she's been doing this type of thing (not her job, but whatever it is they are meeting for) and how her husband (not sure if its an ex-husband) is understanding and loves it. she mentions how only one person at work knows what she does. she explains that there is one other girl in the area that does what she does and how others would always get her confused with that other woman. she mentions that she's not as wild as she was a few years back.
What the hell is this woman talking about? I'm embarrassingly straining to overhear their conversation and making a more valient effort at my burger than I usually do so I can justify sitting there longer.
Eventually I give up. I know, this isn't much of a payoff for the set up.
As I walked out I got a better look at the woman. Heavy-set, shaved head, pleasant smile.
Now this is the part where I should use my skills of deduction to guess at what this meeting was about. I could make the guesses funny or outrageous. But really, I've got nothing.
I went to Wendy's for lunch the other day. I sat near the window staring at my car while eating all my french fries before touching the burger (its a bad habit, I know).
A woman walks in. For some reason her entrance got my attention and I turned to look. She looked back at me as if she recognized me or as if she was trying to recognize me, so, naturally, I turn quickly the other way and pretend I don't notice.
Out of the corner of my eye I see that she's recognized someone else as the person she was supposed to meet. It seemed like the first time they'd met. They were sitting nearby so I could hear some of their conversation, but, apparently for the reasons I will soon discuss, they were keeping their voices very low.
It started with introductions and then immediately gets pretty awkward, she starts telling him how she got caught up at work and thats why she's late. And then she starts to explain how long she's been doing this type of thing (not her job, but whatever it is they are meeting for) and how her husband (not sure if its an ex-husband) is understanding and loves it. she mentions how only one person at work knows what she does. she explains that there is one other girl in the area that does what she does and how others would always get her confused with that other woman. she mentions that she's not as wild as she was a few years back.
What the hell is this woman talking about? I'm embarrassingly straining to overhear their conversation and making a more valient effort at my burger than I usually do so I can justify sitting there longer.
Eventually I give up. I know, this isn't much of a payoff for the set up.
As I walked out I got a better look at the woman. Heavy-set, shaved head, pleasant smile.
Now this is the part where I should use my skills of deduction to guess at what this meeting was about. I could make the guesses funny or outrageous. But really, I've got nothing.