EDIT: Ok, maybe assaulted is a little over dramatic.
If there is a way to make myself look awkward in a situation, I do. Like the time I got my arm stuck up to the armpit in my golf bag. A story I will have to tell another day.
This morning while waiting at the fake Starbucks in Jackson Square to feed my caffeine addiction, I did just that. Now, since this is Hamilton, it is pretty hard to make a fool of yourself in comparison to the daily rift raft that hang out in Jackson Square, but I managed to do just so.
I was second in line and I had already gotten the exact change out of my wallet to pay. I didn't want to hold up the line while scrounging around my wallet trying to find 15 pennies. I hate when you get stuck behind one of those people.
Since this week has been unusually hot, I was feeling a little sticky from my walk from the parking lot to the Starbucks. My hair was kind of stuck to my face and in my mind I was going to gently brush it to the side, so that it didn't end up in my mouth when I placed my order. Because that would be embarrassing.
Instead, when my brain told my arm to gently brush the side of my face this is what actually happened. I dramatically swept my hair out of my face using way more force than required. Very hollywood and totally unnecessary. Who do I think I am? At the same time, I forgot that I had a bunch of change in my fist. I opened my fist and the money went flying. Unfortunately there was a man standing right behind me. The handful of money hit him, probably mid chest and then bounced all over the floor.
I turned around to apologize, trying to hide my laughter because that's what I do when I know I've made a fool of myself plus it actually was really funny! I would have laughed at someone else who did the same thing. Who throws their money at someone?! He just stared blankly at me like I was an idiot. Which isn't really far from the truth because most people have better motor skills than me. So I apologized and giggled to prove to him that it was funny and he should at least smile. He didn't make a sound and continued to start at me. I then scrounged around on the floor picking up my change that was now surrounding his feet.
What does someone do in a situation like this after they have made a scene and then been denied the customary "Don't worry about it"? I placed my order, avoided eye contact with everyone else in the store and high tailed it out of there!
In the words of Allie Brosh of Hyperbole, he was probably just a "douche bad". lol.
ReplyDeleteWhat more can you say but sorry, really. And worst case, I bet you looked all movie-star hot as you flung your hair.
All those suckers in there were probably jealous and therefore left speechless.
Yeah. Go with that. ;-)
Judging by the title of the post, I was expecting much much worse.... ha!