Apparently I was rude to someone in the parking lot of Lund's in Edina on Monday morning.
This is my first winter of having a car and I am making the absolute most of that convenience. The walk from my place to Lund's takes more than an hour, and obviously if I were engaging in such a walk I would have worn full-on winter clothes. But since now I only have to be outside for the walk from car to store, I sported my 11" gym shorts and a couple of sweatshirts. As I was crossing the parking lot into the Starbucks, an old lady saw me and said, "Aren't you cold?"
I said nothing and kept walking. Strangely, as I kept walking, I heard her impatiently call out, "HELLO?!?!?" Except, as I established, I said nothing. Because, consarn it, what the hell do you say? You could say, "No," which is the obvious f**ing answer because I am obviously an grown man who is wearing what he's wearing; or you could say, "Yes." Which leads the discussion where? She's going to knit me some wool pants right there?
Aaaarrrrgh.
More jarring than the super-cold weather we're having in Minnesota right now was the fact of that lady calling out "HELLO?!?!" like I owed some dignity to her dead-end question.
I friggin have no patience for small talk.
(Therefore, this thread is of august significance.)
This is my first winter of having a car and I am making the absolute most of that convenience. The walk from my place to Lund's takes more than an hour, and obviously if I were engaging in such a walk I would have worn full-on winter clothes. But since now I only have to be outside for the walk from car to store, I sported my 11" gym shorts and a couple of sweatshirts. As I was crossing the parking lot into the Starbucks, an old lady saw me and said, "Aren't you cold?"
I said nothing and kept walking. Strangely, as I kept walking, I heard her impatiently call out, "HELLO?!?!?" Except, as I established, I said nothing. Because, consarn it, what the hell do you say? You could say, "No," which is the obvious f**ing answer because I am obviously an grown man who is wearing what he's wearing; or you could say, "Yes." Which leads the discussion where? She's going to knit me some wool pants right there?
Aaaarrrrgh.
More jarring than the super-cold weather we're having in Minnesota right now was the fact of that lady calling out "HELLO?!?!" like I owed some dignity to her dead-end question.
I friggin have no patience for small talk.
(Therefore, this thread is of august significance.)
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