Sittin' here at the front desk, a lady comes up to the desk and asks me if there's a Walmart in town. I tell her no. "Well, is there a K-mart?" Again, "no. There's no major chain stores here in town." She looks at me perplexed "well, are there any stores here at all?" The implication being if there's no big box stores here then us locals must be breatharians who make all our own appliances and clothes and whatever else we need.
"Yes, we have stores. What are you looking for?"
"Excedrin." I guess I was expecting some specialized item that you'd need to go to a big box store for. What that item would be I have no idea.
I know some people actually use the word "coke" when what they mean is "soda pop." My brain isn't awake yet, but I know there's other instances where someone will use a brand name as a generic term for a product. But I get this all the time here, and I get tired of playing 20 questions. I don't equate "Walmart" as a generic term for "store." Not real fond of charades either. If she had just said flat out "where can I buy some Excedrin?" I could have told her without having a brainless exchange.
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that is the first time in a long time i have heard the breatharians referenced in a story. 10 points! people that conform to a standard norm freak me the fuck out.
personally, I think breatharians are nuts, but I gotta give 'em props for thinkin' outside the box.
yes, that they do. out of the big box. did you ever hear a story about the breatharians leader secretly living on a 7-11 junk food diet? i heard he got busted with like a corndog and a slurpee somewhere...
hahaha. that doesn't surprise me too much. I read an article a few years ago about someone who wanted to hang out with one of these breatharians for a few days and see that they were living on air, and the breatharians took it as a major affront. hahah. really goofy.
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