So the other night, I stopped by Hyvee (the janky one on University) to pick up some fruit. I got in line behind a gourd-shaped woman who was buying nine single serving frozen lasagnas. She paid with her credit card and the checkout guy said to her, "I need your Herbie Hancock, please." I caught the joke and chuckled silently to myself...the lasagna lady did not--her response was more along the lines of, "WHAAAAAAAAT." The checkout guy said, "I need your Herbie Hancock. It's a movie quote...from my favorite movie." By this time the woman was ignoring him so he looked to me for validation. However, I could not give it to him because I didn't know what movie it was from...I only knew that it was funny because it taking the more common phrase, "I need your John Hancock," which refers to the John Hancock who signed the Declaration of Independence, and confusing him with Herbie Hancock, the jazz pianist. And if I opened my mouth, the only thing that would come out was that explanation, which in turn would make the situation a hundred times more awkward because I'm pretty sure he just thinks it's funny because Herbie Hancock is kind of a funny name (I know it's wrong to assume...but, come on!) So I just stared at him, which is what I typically do when someone unexpectedly speaks to/acknowledges me....and then it was pretty painful when it was my turn to checkout. Man, I am laaaaaame.
Another terrible experience I had was during finals week last December. It was around midnight and I realized that I needed a binder for this portfolio thing and it was due at 8:00 the next morning, so I went to Hyvee. I got to the checkout and paid with my debit card. The guy working there looked at my name and said, "Whoa. I thought your name was Faith Hill at first. It would be so much cooler if your name was Faith Hill." I get comments like this ALL THE TIME, and they drive me insane but I normally just ignore it and walk away. However, this guy pressed the wrong button at the wrong time. The first thing that came out of my mouth (admittedly, it's the only thing I remember because the rest of the conversation is a blur....) was, "Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you!" And then I went off. I ripped him a new one. And he deserved it.
That's all for tonight. Today was pretty low key...got up, went to church, ate lunch, watched The Office, took a two hour nap, went for a walk, watched about four more hours of The Office and then updated my blog. It's weird to think that only three weeks ago I was preparing for finals...yeah summer!
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