Give It Another Two Hundred Years
(While visiting my family, the conversation turns to how well-meaning people can still say ugly things.)
Dad: “You know, at a party back in college I was chatting with this attractive Asian woman. I told her I was really impressed with how good her English was, since I was still struggling with my own accent. She gave me a look, and said, ‘My family has lived here for two hundred years, and we run one of the largest ranches in the state.’”
Me: “Ouch, you were That Guy.”
Dad: “It gets worse. A month later I was at a party chatting to an attractive Asian woman…”
Me: “Oh, geez, same person?”
Dad: “Yep.”
Me: “Seriously? I should be glad you’re so inept with women; otherwise, you’d have found someone before Mom, and I wouldn’t be here.”
Question of the Week
Have you ever served a bad customer who got what they deserved?