Originally posted by Saurdaukar
I had a woman ask me to put out my cigarette at a driving range once because it was a danger to her health.
I asked her if she saw her husband's swing.
He laughed.
She didnt.
Yeah, getting singled out is always rough business. I attended a meeting yesterday at USA (university) and parked in a parking lot with at least 500 spaces available. About 10 other people attended the meeting, and took up maybe 6 spaces in an otherwise empty parking lot.
One woman came in and I said "Hi." She didn't say hi back. She informed me I was parked in a handicapped zone, and then went on to ask me how handicapped I was. This was a fellow artist and not the police. (It was a faculty zone, not handicapped zone...as I am keen about obeying traffic and parking laws.)
I had the urge to point my finger at my friends, and others, including the president of the organization, who had parked right next to me, but instead I replied, "Well, I'm not physically handicapped yet. Don't know about being handicapped otherwise." To which another "violator (fine looking woman) laughed and said, "I've always wanted to say that to someone who parks in the handicapped zone...LOL."
That completely defused the whole thing. I was taken completely by surprise and am in fact, somewhat curious why someone who I had know for years would start their conversation to me in such a manner. I only see this person maybe two or three times a year at different meetings, and all I have ever said was hello, or congrats on winning an award at the art show. This is an old lady, who I only am aquainted with at art meetings and such.
I was wondering if she would key my vintage 1972 Oldsmobile 98.
Les
