Oh Dear! This one's a doozey!
Dear Friends,
Do you ever have moments where, even right in the middle of them, you think to yourself "I'm a moron!"? And then to make it even better, when you wake up the next morning hoping that in retrospect it won't seem so bad, but instead you end up thinking "yep, I'm still a moron... and a really big one to boot!"
Yeah, that's me this morning, but at least I can laugh at myself and feel secure enough in my friendships to share the wealth!
So last night at work, these two ladies came in; one the mother, the other her daughter. It didn't take me long to figure out that the daughter must work at our store, only on a different shift than me because everyone knew her and I didn't. So anyway, they came in and they both spoke with strong accents. The daughter's was not as strong, but I really had to listen to the mom to figure out what she was saying. They were looking at pastries and the mom said "I can't eat that, I have a dancer's body and I have to keep it." Naturally after hearing this I was excited to meet a fellow dancer and I blurted out "You're a dancer?!?!?! I used to dance, and I miss it like crazy!!!!" The woman looked at me and asked "You're a ballet dancer?" I replied yes and we went on to have a small conversation about where I had taken, why I had quit, and how much I missed it. It ended with her explaining that she runs a small studio out of her home and then she gave me a buisness card and said I should call for lessons.
Now, I was working, so I didn't really read over the card, I just noticed that it had a picture of her in a dance costume that looked a bit skimpy, but honestly that didn't set off any red flags because a lot of costumes are that way. It wasn't until they had left and I was sweeping the floor and thinking about how nice it would be to take lessons again that though struck me: Had she said ballet...or belly?
"Oh no," the thought ran through my head, "I think I made a big mistake." I pulled out the card and it didn't say exactly what she did, so I flipped it over and found a full length shot of her with the words "Professional Belly Dancer" written beside her. "Oh crap, I really messed up! Now her daughter, an employee, thinks that I'm a belly dancer! Oh jeez, this sucks!" So now I have to fix it whenever I see her daughter again, wich I think will be tonight.
On to the next stupid thing I did, which again is a direct result of misinterpretting what someone said. A man walked in and ordered 2 biscotties and 2 tall puffy's, one decaf, one regular. Now, you have to understand that there are funny "street names" so to speak for different drinks. If someone wnats a bold, black coffee, they order a "redeye." If they want a double espresso, it called a "doppio." so, when he ordered 2 "puffy's" I figured it was one of those street drinks. My thought process was "Okay, your eyes get really puffy when you don't sleep, so this drink probably has a lot of cafiene to keep you awake, maybe it's an espresso, but i'm not sure. I will stall and ring up the biscotti first and try to figure it out." So that's exactly what I did,only after I had rung everything else up, I still had no idea what this man had just ordered. I had to call in someone to help me. "Britton, could you come here real quick?" So he did and I explained my dilemma, then I asked the man to repeat his order to Britton, only when the man spoke I said what I though he had said at the same time so as to clarify the order. I said "2 puffy's'" he said "2 coffee's" and then looked at me and laughed hysterically until he started crying which made Britton laugh at me which made me laugh in order to cover up the fact that I was blushing like crazy because I was such a, you guessed it, moron!
yeah, so there you go. If ever you feel stupid, don't worry about it, just laugh it off because goodness knows you are not alone and chances are quite good that it will end up making a really funny story anyway. So embrace it and laugh because, honestly, what else can you do?
Love you all,
Hannah Leigh.
Do you ever have moments where, even right in the middle of them, you think to yourself "I'm a moron!"? And then to make it even better, when you wake up the next morning hoping that in retrospect it won't seem so bad, but instead you end up thinking "yep, I'm still a moron... and a really big one to boot!"
Yeah, that's me this morning, but at least I can laugh at myself and feel secure enough in my friendships to share the wealth!
So last night at work, these two ladies came in; one the mother, the other her daughter. It didn't take me long to figure out that the daughter must work at our store, only on a different shift than me because everyone knew her and I didn't. So anyway, they came in and they both spoke with strong accents. The daughter's was not as strong, but I really had to listen to the mom to figure out what she was saying. They were looking at pastries and the mom said "I can't eat that, I have a dancer's body and I have to keep it." Naturally after hearing this I was excited to meet a fellow dancer and I blurted out "You're a dancer?!?!?! I used to dance, and I miss it like crazy!!!!" The woman looked at me and asked "You're a ballet dancer?" I replied yes and we went on to have a small conversation about where I had taken, why I had quit, and how much I missed it. It ended with her explaining that she runs a small studio out of her home and then she gave me a buisness card and said I should call for lessons.
Now, I was working, so I didn't really read over the card, I just noticed that it had a picture of her in a dance costume that looked a bit skimpy, but honestly that didn't set off any red flags because a lot of costumes are that way. It wasn't until they had left and I was sweeping the floor and thinking about how nice it would be to take lessons again that though struck me: Had she said ballet...or belly?
"Oh no," the thought ran through my head, "I think I made a big mistake." I pulled out the card and it didn't say exactly what she did, so I flipped it over and found a full length shot of her with the words "Professional Belly Dancer" written beside her. "Oh crap, I really messed up! Now her daughter, an employee, thinks that I'm a belly dancer! Oh jeez, this sucks!" So now I have to fix it whenever I see her daughter again, wich I think will be tonight.
On to the next stupid thing I did, which again is a direct result of misinterpretting what someone said. A man walked in and ordered 2 biscotties and 2 tall puffy's, one decaf, one regular. Now, you have to understand that there are funny "street names" so to speak for different drinks. If someone wnats a bold, black coffee, they order a "redeye." If they want a double espresso, it called a "doppio." so, when he ordered 2 "puffy's" I figured it was one of those street drinks. My thought process was "Okay, your eyes get really puffy when you don't sleep, so this drink probably has a lot of cafiene to keep you awake, maybe it's an espresso, but i'm not sure. I will stall and ring up the biscotti first and try to figure it out." So that's exactly what I did,only after I had rung everything else up, I still had no idea what this man had just ordered. I had to call in someone to help me. "Britton, could you come here real quick?" So he did and I explained my dilemma, then I asked the man to repeat his order to Britton, only when the man spoke I said what I though he had said at the same time so as to clarify the order. I said "2 puffy's'" he said "2 coffee's" and then looked at me and laughed hysterically until he started crying which made Britton laugh at me which made me laugh in order to cover up the fact that I was blushing like crazy because I was such a, you guessed it, moron!
yeah, so there you go. If ever you feel stupid, don't worry about it, just laugh it off because goodness knows you are not alone and chances are quite good that it will end up making a really funny story anyway. So embrace it and laugh because, honestly, what else can you do?
Love you all,
Hannah Leigh.