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12 April 2008
Today at work, after a pleasant transaction where I was very helpful, a male customer slapped me on the ass by way of a thank you. By the time that registered on me he was out the door. Had I a quicker wit, I would've said 'Did we just win the Super Bowl? No? Then don't do that.'
That happened to me when I was a young thing working at a country club. By a very nice older doc who was usually the soul of decorum. But he was a wee bit tipsy that day. No harm, no foul, I'm sure he was horribly embarrassed about it later.
If someone did that to me now, they'd be taking their life in their hands. But at my age I doubt it would happen...HOWEVER I have had three different men who I was NOT in a relationship with just all of a sudden KISS ME ON TOP OF THE HEAD. Two of the men were old-and presumably harmless. But the third one was younger than me. I still don't know what the heck THAT was about and I was too dang embarrassed to ask.
I realize now that my comment isn't funny because jon mentioned the Superbowl. Darn.
Yesterday at work a patient and I were getting on rowing machines simultaneously that were situated next to each other. The patient says, "Oh yeah, let's get into a position we'll both enjoy." Wha? Wait. I was speechless.
Yeah, bunny, but it was those of the opposite sex appreciating your tush*. One of the hazards/perks of working in an area like the east Village is that you'll have to deal with advances from both genders. Sometimes it flattering, sometimes it's creepy. Most of the time I'm kind of thrilled by it, to tell the truth. Today was just weird because of the blantant-ness of it.
*.and as I've said before: appreciation of the human behind is an important thing. Only gay men and straight women care about penises and only lesbians and straight men care about boobs and vaginas, but everybody appreciates a nice butt. The butt shall unite us
Ah, my freshman room mate, he pinched all the girls asses, and he got away with it, I think because they all knew that he really wanted to pinch the boys, but not ready to go there yet. Maybe my old room mate was in New York today. Was he short, red haired, warm, funny, charming and sporting a wicked southern drawl? If it was him, he didn't mean much by it, except that he really liked your ass.
jonmc, I had to deal with "advances from both genders" a lot back in the day when I was a third shift waffle house waitress. I'd just politely tell the lesbians I was married. The guys otoh would sometimes get hit upside the head with a menu.
Reminds me of the time I was crouching on the floor in one of our aisles and one of my co-workers said something along the lines of 'isn't your ass cold?' (I was wearing jeans that weren't exactly low-rise, but they weren't up to my waist either.) ...and I gave him the finger while I continued looking for what I was looking for.
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