The Things Some People Say (OT)

jmcquown wrote:

Ever notice some of the things a perfect stranger will start talking to you
about when you're in a store or other public place?

A few years ago I was in a convenience store on Christmas Eve afternoon; 1
clerk, a line of people. The man in front of me started talking about how
he hadn't been to Mphs for several years and how it had grown! Okay, yeah,
that's not strange. But then he looked at me and said, "You're all dressed
up. You must be a secretary." Take my word for it, I respect
secretaries... it was my first office job and it's hard work. But for him
to assume, because I had on a nice work suit, that I was one was a bit
infuriating. I replied politely no, I do software tech support. He said,
"Oh, you're one of those *smart* women." What an idiot!

The other night I went to the liquor store to buy some spiced rum. When I
got up to the counter to pay there was a female customer. She had the clerk
rooting around in a mini-fridge for "something cold" and he was naming off
what they had; some kind of fruity concoctions, I gathered. The woman
turned to me and said, "Like my new coat? It's MINK! My man was supposed
to get me a mink but he haddta spend the $500 to bail out for assault so I
bought it for myself." Uh, it's very nice. (Did I need to know all that?)

If you'd care to take a guess at *that* woman's profession... I can tell you
she's not a secretary! LOL The leather and "mink" (rabbit) jacket, unzipped
to her navel under which she had on a bustier; jeans way too tight,
teetering on what had to be 5" high heeled boots... ahem. Ho Ho HO! LOL

In your part of the world, your guess is probably close to
the truth - in Southern California, however..... (I've seen
a lot of perfectly "respectable" teen-aged girls dressed in
similar fashion - presumably with their parents' tacit consent!)