It backfired...It was funny though! : )

[ShutterbugMama]

After dropping my oldest off at school this morning, I took my youngest with me to the grocery store to pick up Cat Food.  In line, OF COURSE my 4 year old asks for gum....do they ALL do this?  They do, right?  Is Trident a publicly traded company?

He grabs gum, because I FINALLY said "yes" to his request for fruity breath, and he puts the pack of gum up on the conveyor nearthe cat food, but on the wrong side of the divider.

The checker scans the cat food, and gives me a total, and before I could BLINK, the man behind me HACKS really loud, then FLICKS my kiddo's pack of gum our way, as if he has a booger on his finger...

Now...I JOKE WITH PEOPLE.  It's what I do...I mess with them EVERY chance I get...ASK ANYONE WHO HAS EVER hung out with me...anyone.

I feel we're all put here solely to entertain each other...I take advantage of this.  Thats all.

SO, I say to the guy in a JOKING like way, "You don't mind paying for my Lil Tykes pack of gum, do ya??", as I laugh, and hand the gum to the checker..

"Yes, as a matter of fact I do", he piped back, all bitter. "Why should I have to buy your child's candy?" He asked, SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK, and obviously annoyed.

WOW.  Talk about feeling misunderstood...my jokes with strangers don't normally go this way; I had to think fast, but I was nervous, and I had no "backspace button"....I wish I had.

"Well", I CONTINUED to joke, not knowing how else to handle the guy..."I just assumed that since you're dressed up all spiffy like that you probably still have a job in this God forbidden economy and could afford the $1.19."  I laughed, trying to lighten up the...hm.

Dang...his lips tightened, and he breathed through his nose a little hard, the looked away....

"I was just joking..." I said to the side of his head, as I cleared my throat nervously.

I cant shut up.  It's impossible. 

Why is this?

I hope that man has a really good day today...I hope everything is OK with him.

Send him Love, OK?  I think he needs it.

(Well, Love, and maybe to lighten up a bit...sheeesh...a pack of gum is ONLY $1.19.  I wasnt asking for much.).

lol..

LMAO...

It was FUNNY THOUGH!

ugh...why cant I just be quiet?

(Oh, cause that would be no fun...)

Have fun today! 

(Maybe not at the expense of a stranger, but...you get the idea).

xo

Elle

[Rachael]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM

too funny.  some people just don't get it.   Well at least you got a laugh... yp at his expense... sometimes those are the best laughs.  People take life WAY to seriously.  Have a FABULOUS DAY... How is your hand? lol

[Lb128f]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM

Ha, it is FUNNY....too bad he didn't see the humor...;-) And, I agree...the "hallways" can be a b*itch! I'm glad you got the Little Man some gum! You made one guy VERY happy! :-)

[singedwingangel]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 11:44 AM

some people have no sense of humor, for crying out loud it was a pack of gum... Perhaps someone needed to buy him some gum, chewing gum is aporven stress reliever and he apparently had tons of it. I would have put the pack of gum he had flicked back and gotten a fresh pack and looked him dead in the eye and said " sorry I don't do booger cooties from someone I don't know"

[mierjo]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 12:23 PM

That's too funny Elle! Sounds like something I would do! I pray that the guy's day gets better! Shame on you for trying to be funny...LOL

[coffeefirst]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 12:24 PM

Maybe he was just tense and upset because of the pack of gum he had stuck up his butt? Maybe :)

[theyareallmine]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 12:42 PM

ROFL!!

[jsnzmom]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 12:43 PM

Apr. 22, 2009 at 12:24 PM

Maybe he was just tense and upset because of the pack of gum he had stuck up his butt? Maybe :)

I think maybe it was something a little bit larger than a pack of gum!  :D

Don't sweat it, Elle.  Some people are just born without a sense of humor, and I can't imagine the kind of lives they lead without laughter and humor in them.  He definitely deserves our pity if he can't take a joke!

[coffeefirst]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 12:54 PM

I'll never forget the time you were helping your dad and you kept trying to get the unfriendly guy to say hi. You just followed him around being sweet and perky while his wife cracked up!

[Nanette77318]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM

You and I would have some fun at the check out....

One of my favorite things to do is, when the person behind me is obviously in a greater rush than I....I chat away with the person in front of me that is taking forever...and with the cashier when it's my turn....

I'm an extremely patient person and for some very strange reason, I take pleasure in exasperating the impatient person behind me.....

Is that just plain mean, or okay to have a laugh about later? 

: )

[NorahSethsMommy]

Apr. 22, 2009 at 2:51 PM

That is so funny. What stuffy guy! he must have NO joy in his life at all!