Okay so I go to the beer store. And the guy I.D.'s me. I smile and give him my I.D. I pay with MY BANK CARD. The store is really busy. The guy beside me is returning bottles, one of which had a broken neck when he bought it - Sooooo he needs to get his change for the empties, another case of beer, and a replacement bottle for the one with the broken neck. Everything is chaotic. Dude beside me asks me how old I am, while the beer store guy is getting my beer, his beer, and the replacement bottle. I tell him. He says "No way!" Then he asks if I'm married. I say "No, maybe that's why I look younger than I am". He laughs. Then the beer store guy comes back with my beer, dude's beer and the replacement beer, and hands me a loonie (a dollar for my non Canadian friends). I put it in my pocket. The other dude says to the beer store guy "Where's my dollar?" And the really busy beer store guy says "I thought I just handed it to you?" At this point I realize that I have accepted the dollar in all of the confusion and conversation, but I paid with MY BANK CARD!!! So I say "Oh sorry I have it", and pull it out of my pocket. I don't know if they really thought I was trying to steal one whole dollar but I felt like such a loser.
P.S. Isn't it funny when you write a word too many times and it starts to look weird? Beer...beer...beer.
P.P.S. Did this make any sense to you whatsoever?
yeah, words just start to look like a game of boggle after a while...
ReplyDeleteI was at the liquor store and they didn't ID me. I felt so old.
ReplyDeleteawesome story.
ReplyDeletemakes perfect sense to me
ReplyDeletebut i admit i read it twice to make sure i was getting it because when i read the ps i got all paranoid that maybe there was a hidden meaning i didn't grasp because i'm not all that bright...
Of course, you could have really thrown a wrench in the works by answering with a completely arbitary, non-sensical sentence. Like, he asks if you have the dollar and you say "who are you calling a racist?!"
ReplyDeleteI do stuff like this all the time...my mind goes to so many different things sometimes that I forget what I was originally doing.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmm who is the loonie in this story? :-)
ReplyDeleteYes it makes sense...I think. Let me see if I got this right:
ReplyDeleteThe beer store guy cards you
The guy behind you flirts with you
All that flattery flusters you, and you pocket someone else's looney.
Right?
I thought so!
soooooo.....what kind of beer was it?
ReplyDeleteIf that's the beer store on Concession just east of Princess... yeah, that can be a crazybusy place on a Friday.
ReplyDeleteYou are in Kingston, right?
No_Puzzy_4_ju - Glad I'm not alone!
ReplyDeleteAimee - Boggle, boggle, bloggle.
Moose - Yeah but I felt like a freak...a loonie stealing freak.
blogger I know - It is flattering.
Paul - Try making young looking scared faces.
Stephanie - Are you being sarcastic? Nice comment. :)
isabel winezcek - No hidden meaning because I'm not all that birhgt either.
screetus - That's awesome! Next time for sure.
Leesa - But I bet you don't steal money, you seem too sweet.
R. Scott Bonnell - Ummmm...I think I know what you are getting at, it is hard typing with my tongue since I'm all tied up in this jacket.
Roselly - I hate when your own mind turns on you.
TWM - You sound adorable too. Weird huh?
Robin - That's it exactly, except it's loonie not loony. ;)
tara - Stella, my favourite, I really should stop acting like I'm rich and buy the cheaper stuff though.
JTL - No I don't but I will stay away from that beer store if I ever am.
I always look at words and they seem funny to me. It always freaks me out.
ReplyDeleteI totally got it... I got carded at the casino here...but I think it was a pity card....
ReplyDelete*sobs*
no I wasn't being sarcastic at all! It was a good story! *lol*
ReplyDeleteWicked. I was at the game on Friday EH?!? Of course it would have been to much for the Jays to win when I was there!! This totally made sense to me. The beer store I go to is absolute mayhem. Although I was very pleased to hear about this on Edge 102. www.thebeerguy.ca
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