Monday, March 08, 2004
Chicks hate VIA Rail
I was standing in the long line at a bank today, perhaps for the first time in several years since I acquired an interac card....thank god for that puppy!!! I’ve always been of the opinion that people standing in a line are mandated to act in a definite way. Look at your watch, re-read the paperwork in your hand, glower at anyone who is wasting time with idle chat up at the cherished teller and take that one step forward when required.
I noticed the young lady in front of me was constantly breaking the lineup rule by turning her head towards me after every mandatory watch check. Being the personable guy that has made me infamous throughout my years I caught her on the head turn and gave her the “Howareya”. She said she was just noticing the VIA Jacket I was wearing and was wondering if I was one of “THOSE” guys.
For a split second I had nothing….but then not wanting to look dimwitted I replied “Well…its company policy and I sure hope once you cash that Welfare cheque in your hand you’ll be going straight home to your kids and not to the bar on the corner”
Needless to say this did not go over well!!!
BTW…..the phrase “Just Kidding” seems to have lost the powers of universal ceasefire it once held in the last century.
I was standing in the long line at a bank today, perhaps for the first time in several years since I acquired an interac card....thank god for that puppy!!! I’ve always been of the opinion that people standing in a line are mandated to act in a definite way. Look at your watch, re-read the paperwork in your hand, glower at anyone who is wasting time with idle chat up at the cherished teller and take that one step forward when required.
I noticed the young lady in front of me was constantly breaking the lineup rule by turning her head towards me after every mandatory watch check. Being the personable guy that has made me infamous throughout my years I caught her on the head turn and gave her the “Howareya”. She said she was just noticing the VIA Jacket I was wearing and was wondering if I was one of “THOSE” guys.
For a split second I had nothing….but then not wanting to look dimwitted I replied “Well…its company policy and I sure hope once you cash that Welfare cheque in your hand you’ll be going straight home to your kids and not to the bar on the corner”
Needless to say this did not go over well!!!
BTW…..the phrase “Just Kidding” seems to have lost the powers of universal ceasefire it once held in the last century.
