Reading Empty Minds
(Our library helps a lot of people finish off the crossword puzzles from their newspapers. I’d helped one man find the answer to a very difficult one earlier in the day. I overhear a lady asking her about the same crossword to my colleague.
Me: “Excuse me, the answer is ‘Salome.’”
Colleague: “Thanks, that fits perfectly.”
Customer: “But… no, how can she know? She wasn’t even here!”
Me “I overheard you from-”
Customer: “No! You read my mind didn’t you! That’s wonderful! Do it again! What am I thinking about now?”
(She looks around the library. I notice her eyes linger on a Superman poster.)
Me: “Um… Superman?”
Customer: “F***!”
Colleague: “Ma’am, please don’t curse in the library.”
Customer:: “Oh, sorry.” *to me* “Did you hear me swear in my thoughts? Is that how you knew?”
Me: “No, you just shouted it.”
Customer: “Oh. That’s a shame.”
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