I am an idiot.
I am naive and silly and idiotic. And it has cost me twelve bucks.
A small amount of money, true. But it's more of a case of wounded pride. I really REALLY feel like an idiot.
A man by the name of "Steve the Preacher" paid a visit to the Dairy Queen today...
I don't know him and according to all of the Dairy Queen people I talked to, apparently no one does! But he seemed to know stuff and people and he acted like someone familiar with the Dairy Queen so I let him in.
Mistake No. 1
Reason 1 for why I'm pissed off:
~I wasn't the only one working tonight. It isn't like I was alone in my folly, here. I realize it was essentially my error and all, but, if no one else knew him either, then why did they let me let him in and give him money?!
Okay. So Steve the Preacher and I proceeded to have a conversation in the back of the store that went a little something like this:
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: so Steve the Preacher's in
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: and he asks where Susie is
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: i say she left at 4
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: he's like Oh man I was hoping she'd be here
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: *pace pace pace*
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: Can I talk to her? Can you call her for me?
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: O_o
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: I get the phone
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: i call susie
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: Me: Susie, Steve the Preacher is here. He wants to talk to you.
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: Susie: *wtf...* HI STEVE
Like a Rainbowe [10:58 PM]: StP: Hey Susie-I thought you'd be here...I wanted to pay you back
Like a Rainbowe [10:58 PM]: StP: Wait a minute-(to me) What's your name?
Like a Rainbowe [10:58 PM]: Me: O_o Vickey
Like a Rainbowe [10:59 PM]: StP: Well...let me ask Vickey. Okay. Okay. Bye
Like a Rainbowe [10:59 PM]: Me: O_O
Like a Rainbowe [10:59 PM]: StP: Okay. I need to go to my job to pick up my check so that I can go to the bank before it closes at six so I can pay Susie back-Praise Jesus.
Like a Rainbowe [10:59 PM]: StP: She helped me with my newborn-8lbs 5oz-Thank the Lord
Like a Rainbowe [11:00 PM]: Me: (idiotically) Awww congratulations!
Like a Rainbowe [11:00 PM]: StP: I know..I know praise Jesus
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: StP: So listen, I told Susie I'd ask you if maybe...since you're here and everything and I need to do this and everything, because I need to pay Susie back because she helped with my newborn if...
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: Me: (NO I WON'T DRIVE YOU ANYWHERE)
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: Me: (NO YOU CAN'T TAKE MY CAR)
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: Me: (NO I WILL NOT LEAVE AND DO YOUR BIDDING)
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: StP: I need gas. And I've got a big van outside...
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: Me: uh...
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: StP: Hold on-let me call Susie
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: Susie: blah blah blah I'm on the other line bye
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: StP: Okay. Yeah I'll need about 12 dollars
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: Me: Did Susie-
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: StP: Yeah yeah! She knows. I need to pay her back. I thought she'd be here...
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: StP; I just need gas so I can pick up my check and go the bank before it closes at six so I can hopefully return your funds
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: StP: I'll be back by seven
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: Mistake No. 2:
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: Me: uhh...Okay I'll be back
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: Me: (Takes 12 dollars out of the register) Here
Like a Rainbowe [11:04 PM]: StP: (Running out the door) Praise Jesus. Well, I'll be back at seven to repay you. Thanks Vickey.
Like a Rainbowe [11:04 PM]: Doorslam
I am a fool.
I am out of twelve dollars.
And I should've seen the signs!! That's what kills me. First off, if Steve the Preacher was really a preacher, would he really have felt the need to anounce that as part of his introduction?? It isn't like people normally introduce themselves and include they're profession. I've heard very few "Hi I'm Leo the Botanist" or "Hey what's up? I'm Betty the Whore." Also, he made a lot of over the top, Christian exclamations like "Praise Jesus!" and "Thank the Lord" but at one point, I remember him looking frustrated and saying "Jesus Christ!" in a take-the-name-of-the-lord-your-god-in-vain kind of way. Also, he wouldn't let me talk to Susie on the phone who later told me that she told him to "leave the store immediately and leave her babies alone" but she has a habit of being delusional/a pathological liar so I don't know who to believe....
I guess hindsight's twenty-twenty. But damn! I want my twelve dollars back because it will be taken out of my check.
If I ever see that Steve the Preacher character again...
A small amount of money, true. But it's more of a case of wounded pride. I really REALLY feel like an idiot.
A man by the name of "Steve the Preacher" paid a visit to the Dairy Queen today...
I don't know him and according to all of the Dairy Queen people I talked to, apparently no one does! But he seemed to know stuff and people and he acted like someone familiar with the Dairy Queen so I let him in.
Mistake No. 1
Reason 1 for why I'm pissed off:
~I wasn't the only one working tonight. It isn't like I was alone in my folly, here. I realize it was essentially my error and all, but, if no one else knew him either, then why did they let me let him in and give him money?!
Okay. So Steve the Preacher and I proceeded to have a conversation in the back of the store that went a little something like this:
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: so Steve the Preacher's in
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: and he asks where Susie is
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: i say she left at 4
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: he's like Oh man I was hoping she'd be here
Like a Rainbowe [10:56 PM]: *pace pace pace*
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: Can I talk to her? Can you call her for me?
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: O_o
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: I get the phone
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: i call susie
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: Me: Susie, Steve the Preacher is here. He wants to talk to you.
Like a Rainbowe [10:57 PM]: Susie: *wtf...* HI STEVE
Like a Rainbowe [10:58 PM]: StP: Hey Susie-I thought you'd be here...I wanted to pay you back
Like a Rainbowe [10:58 PM]: StP: Wait a minute-(to me) What's your name?
Like a Rainbowe [10:58 PM]: Me: O_o Vickey
Like a Rainbowe [10:59 PM]: StP: Well...let me ask Vickey. Okay. Okay. Bye
Like a Rainbowe [10:59 PM]: Me: O_O
Like a Rainbowe [10:59 PM]: StP: Okay. I need to go to my job to pick up my check so that I can go to the bank before it closes at six so I can pay Susie back-Praise Jesus.
Like a Rainbowe [10:59 PM]: StP: She helped me with my newborn-8lbs 5oz-Thank the Lord
Like a Rainbowe [11:00 PM]: Me: (idiotically) Awww congratulations!
Like a Rainbowe [11:00 PM]: StP: I know..I know praise Jesus
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: StP: So listen, I told Susie I'd ask you if maybe...since you're here and everything and I need to do this and everything, because I need to pay Susie back because she helped with my newborn if...
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: Me: (NO I WON'T DRIVE YOU ANYWHERE)
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: Me: (NO YOU CAN'T TAKE MY CAR)
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: Me: (NO I WILL NOT LEAVE AND DO YOUR BIDDING)
Like a Rainbowe [11:01 PM]: StP: I need gas. And I've got a big van outside...
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: Me: uh...
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: StP: Hold on-let me call Susie
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: Susie: blah blah blah I'm on the other line bye
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: StP: Okay. Yeah I'll need about 12 dollars
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: Me: Did Susie-
Like a Rainbowe [11:02 PM]: StP: Yeah yeah! She knows. I need to pay her back. I thought she'd be here...
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: StP; I just need gas so I can pick up my check and go the bank before it closes at six so I can hopefully return your funds
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: StP: I'll be back by seven
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: Mistake No. 2:
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: Me: uhh...Okay I'll be back
Like a Rainbowe [11:03 PM]: Me: (Takes 12 dollars out of the register) Here
Like a Rainbowe [11:04 PM]: StP: (Running out the door) Praise Jesus. Well, I'll be back at seven to repay you. Thanks Vickey.
Like a Rainbowe [11:04 PM]: Doorslam
I am a fool.
I am out of twelve dollars.
And I should've seen the signs!! That's what kills me. First off, if Steve the Preacher was really a preacher, would he really have felt the need to anounce that as part of his introduction?? It isn't like people normally introduce themselves and include they're profession. I've heard very few "Hi I'm Leo the Botanist" or "Hey what's up? I'm Betty the Whore." Also, he made a lot of over the top, Christian exclamations like "Praise Jesus!" and "Thank the Lord" but at one point, I remember him looking frustrated and saying "Jesus Christ!" in a take-the-name-of-the-lord-your-god-in-vain kind of way. Also, he wouldn't let me talk to Susie on the phone who later told me that she told him to "leave the store immediately and leave her babies alone" but she has a habit of being delusional/a pathological liar so I don't know who to believe....
I guess hindsight's twenty-twenty. But damn! I want my twelve dollars back because it will be taken out of my check.
If I ever see that Steve the Preacher character again...