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ShadesOfGrey

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Re: What story would someone submit about you?
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2007, 10:18:37 AM »
This is a real faux pas that I committed, one that I am ashamed to admit to. Any one of my female relatives could post this about me  :-[

I received this invitation to a baby shower in the mail yesterday. It was beautiful, and clearly hand-made (the MTB has some very crafty and talented friends(, but get this - there was a registry card included! It also included information about how to order items over the phone! Can you imagine? Not only did she see it fit to inform us where the MTB was registered upfront, but also pretty much presumed that we would purchase things there, and not bring them to the shower, but have them shipped to the MTB's house!  Oh, man, she is completely clueless when it comes to things like this. (To be fair, the majority of showers she has attended have been potluck, or for a 3rd or 4th child, all with registry information included, so proper etiquette clearly hasnt been practiced). 

Oh well, hopefully she found a great website to inform her of her faux pas and she wont do it again.  ;) 



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Re: What story would someone submit about you?
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2007, 12:18:30 PM »
One day, while at my job as a receptionist at the doctor's office, I overheard someone speaking in German.  Now that is unusual, in Southern Illinois.  There was a girl and her dad standing in line to pay, and they had the nerve to be complaining, in a foreign language, no less, about how useless my dear colleague was!  Granted, my colleague wasn't having a good day and the line stretched right down the hallway, but how rude!  Of course, as soon as it was their turn, I greeted them myself, in German, with a very icy stare.  Boy did they feel stupid!
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Re: What story would someone submit about you?
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2007, 11:43:45 PM »
I am so mad about this that I can't see straight!  I need some advise from the E Hellions, so I can deal with it tomorrow when I am calmer.  Here's what happened:
Today I went into a little burger joint to pick up a to-go lunch.  It was more crowded than usual and I was just standing there waiting for my turn, listening to Glen Campbell singing Rhinestone Cowboy, over the speaker.  Suddenly, I heard this muttering and murmuring in back of me and became aware of this woman singing along with the music.  She was not singing real loud, but you could plainly hear her.  She apparently knows this song by heart because she didn't let up the entire time it was playing.  I love Glen Campbell but not Glen Campbell and the Unknown Diva duets!  I just wanted to listen to HIM singing the song that my dh and danced to at our wedding.  I finally couldn't stand it another minute, so I turned around to give her the Ehell glare, but stopped dead in my tracks when I saw that she actually looked like Glen Campbell.  It was really creepy and I left without my food, which I had already paid for.  My question is, should I go back to that restaurant, explain what happened and ask them to either refund my money or replace my order at no cost (including the tip, which I put into the jar on the counter) since this happened in their place of business and they allowed her to continue singing even though the girl at the counter knew I was upset and was casting her eyes up at the ceiling as though to agree with me that the lady should confine her singing to the shower?
Thanks for your help.  I know I can always count on your good judgement.
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