Some classic antics, by me.
We got back from vacation yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to update the rest of my excellent vacation adventures yet. That will have to wait, as I am going to bed now. However, I would like to share this story, which is in conversational style, as told to Serena. Y'all enjoy!
Our hotel was conveniently located near among other outlets, Pfaltzgraff. or as I pronounced it, Pi-faltz-graff. So, anywho, we were in Pfaltzgraff, and had already been browsing through various outlet stores for a good hour plus I would say. And this was the second dish related store, and I was trying to be amusing, and also was sort of done with my mom's tour of 101 floral prints she likes.
And we passed by something that looked sort of like a tall cylindrical thing, with some design on the outside that was kind of nice. So I said- "oh, this thing is kind of nice." It looked vaguely like it could have been a cookie jar or something jar-ish. My mom apparently had seen it a minute before and said- "it's an asparagus steamer."
Now we were in the front of the store, and I noticed no other patrons around, just one sales person at the checkout. And I do not really like asparagus myself, and also know that my mom just steams them in the regular steamer pot, so getting a specific thing to steam them struck me as rather unnecessary and a tad ridiculous.
So to be funny, I said a tad loudly because my mom had started to walk away, and with sarcasm- "Wow, that's the most useful kitchen appliance ever!" My mom started laughing, as did I. The one sales person just sort of looked at me a bit reproachfully, but a second had walked over (unnoticed by me until that point), and she was laughing too.
Fortunately we had been heading out of the store anyway, so we left while cracking up and were amused halfway back across the parking lot. And for the rest of the day when I thought about it I started laughing at myself again.
And then my sister and I ran into the non-amused sales person the next day when we were purchasing the cake mold in the shape of a castle (the mold was too unique and cute to pass up). This time I didn't say anything embarrassing at all. I was really good and that was the only vaguely trouble causing thing I said or did all of vacation. So it was all good.
Our hotel was conveniently located near among other outlets, Pfaltzgraff. or as I pronounced it, Pi-faltz-graff. So, anywho, we were in Pfaltzgraff, and had already been browsing through various outlet stores for a good hour plus I would say. And this was the second dish related store, and I was trying to be amusing, and also was sort of done with my mom's tour of 101 floral prints she likes.
And we passed by something that looked sort of like a tall cylindrical thing, with some design on the outside that was kind of nice. So I said- "oh, this thing is kind of nice." It looked vaguely like it could have been a cookie jar or something jar-ish. My mom apparently had seen it a minute before and said- "it's an asparagus steamer."
Now we were in the front of the store, and I noticed no other patrons around, just one sales person at the checkout. And I do not really like asparagus myself, and also know that my mom just steams them in the regular steamer pot, so getting a specific thing to steam them struck me as rather unnecessary and a tad ridiculous.
So to be funny, I said a tad loudly because my mom had started to walk away, and with sarcasm- "Wow, that's the most useful kitchen appliance ever!" My mom started laughing, as did I. The one sales person just sort of looked at me a bit reproachfully, but a second had walked over (unnoticed by me until that point), and she was laughing too.
Fortunately we had been heading out of the store anyway, so we left while cracking up and were amused halfway back across the parking lot. And for the rest of the day when I thought about it I started laughing at myself again.
And then my sister and I ran into the non-amused sales person the next day when we were purchasing the cake mold in the shape of a castle (the mold was too unique and cute to pass up). This time I didn't say anything embarrassing at all. I was really good and that was the only vaguely trouble causing thing I said or did all of vacation. So it was all good.