@ERobb69@Forbes Do you remember when after wore these pieces of a concert goers costume and found out about how it was received he apologized right away? Because you didnt mention that part....
I’m browsing comics in a geeky/nerdy store. A woman walks in and asks one of the guys at the counter:
Customer: “I need to get one of those weird-headed figures for my nephew.”
She points at the walls of Funko Pops.
Cashier: “Do you know which one he wants?”
Customer: “Star… something.”
Cashier: “Star… Wars? Star Trek?”
Customer: “Yes.”
Cashier: “Which one?”
Customer: “What’s the difference?”
Cashier: “How old is he?”
Customer: “Fourteen.”
Cashier: “Hmm, if he were younger, it might be Star Wars, but I know a lot of teens who are into Star Trek now. Does he like Darth Vader or Captain Picard?”
Customer: “I don’t know what any of those words mean.”
Cashier: “Is he into pew pew bang bang, or utopian space socialism?”
Customer: “What the h*** are you talking about?!”
I decide to help.
Me: “Ma’am, is your nephew the kind of kid who would do sports or join the debate team?”
Customer: “He’s… on the football team. Why is that relevant?”
Cashier & I: *Simultaneously.* “Star Wars.”
The cashier takes the customer to the ‘Star Wars’ section of the Funko Wall.
Cashier: “All of these are Star Wars.”
Customer: *Getting out a folded piece of paper.* “This is what he wants.”
The paper has ‘Ahsoka Tano’ written on it, and the cashier and I share a look of “couldn’t you have started with that?!”
The cashier got the Funko for her (she still didn’t know what she was buying, but she was happy to get out of there), and the cashier’s coworkers started mocking the cashier for how he tried to differentiate between the ‘Star’ franchises, resulting in a series of similar attempts by the rest of the workers after the customer had left:
Other Worker #1: “Ma’am, does your nephew like cowboys in space, or civil servants in space?”
Other Worker #2: “Ma’am, is he into space wizards or space accountants?”
Other Worker #3: “Ma’am, does he enjoy prophecies or performance reviews?”
And my attempt:
Me: “Ma’am, would he rather overthrow the government or work for it?”
@KeruboSk I kept my last name and when my (late) FIL asked about it, I said I gave my husband the option to taking my name and he passed. He paused then chuckled, he was a tried and true traditionalist, but at the end of the day he understood his son's happiness was what was important
@LiZaOutlives Referring to Caitlyn as Kris Jenner's ex may be my new favorite thing. Thank you for that.
I won't use dead names (except for twitter) but this is so wonderfully accurate.
@HoopsCrave Then full send it Erika. Do it. If you think you should and they are equal, go ahead. Why aren't you? Oh yeah, because you know it is different.
@Its_ereko When he initially said it, I took it he was referencing when we dropped the bombs and then based on the muffled reaction added the Pearl Harbor bit to try to play it off. No way the pedo-tpres meant PH initially.