I think I am a fairly kind person. I make an effort to be kind and pleasant in general, with the exception being on the athletic field. If you run into me there, don’t be surprised when I show no mercy. I am a competitive person; that’s just how I roll.
Anyways, the point of this blog posting is that a recent response to a dumb question made me consider responding in a (rude) manner appropriate for a question that dumb. Tuesday night after a long day of work, I had to run down to the 7-11 to pick up a box of tampons. I live in the East Village section of the Gaslamp Quarter in downtown San Diego, right next to Petco Park. Within a block of my apartment, there are no fewer than five happenin’ night spots.
So at 9:00 p.m. on a Tuesday night when I’m strolling down to 7-11 in my sweats, there are quite a few young professionals out on the town. I get the item I need from 7-11 and go to pay. The woman at the check out asks me (dumb question) “Do you want a bag?” To which I responded, “Yes please. Thank you.” In my head, the response went something like, “No, actually I’d like to roll past Basic Pizza with a fat box of super absorbency Playtex tampons.” But I didn’t. I was tempted…maybe next time.
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