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A woman comes up to my desk with a stack of books and tells me that she needs to run out to her car to get her purse. She gets as far as the door, laughs, and comes back to the desk.
Customer: “I had my purse on my arm the whole time.”
After she pays for her books, all the while making little shame-faced jokes about her bad memory, I say:
Me: “Can I tell you a little story that might make you feel better?”
Customer: “Sure.”
Me: “This morning, my husband and I took the dog for a walk, and then he was going to drive me to work. I needed to stop at the corner store on the way to get a drink. After I got my drink, I walked out of the store and proceeded to walk to work. I got about half a block before I remembered that my husband was still waiting in the parking lot around the corner of the building, so he didn’t see me leave. Fortunately, he has a sense of humour.”
The customer told me I had indeed made her feel less embarrassed. I wish someone could do the same for me.
Herb commits any number of sinister deeds during the course of his day, and can only live with himself by dissociating at night, as if all that evil were the fault of someone else entirely. It’s sad, it really is!
Yakety Sax about 3 hours ago
Memory Loves Company
A woman comes up to my desk with a stack of books and tells me that she needs to run out to her car to get her purse. She gets as far as the door, laughs, and comes back to the desk.
Customer: “I had my purse on my arm the whole time.”
After she pays for her books, all the while making little shame-faced jokes about her bad memory, I say:
Me: “Can I tell you a little story that might make you feel better?”
Customer: “Sure.”
Me: “This morning, my husband and I took the dog for a walk, and then he was going to drive me to work. I needed to stop at the corner store on the way to get a drink. After I got my drink, I walked out of the store and proceeded to walk to work. I got about half a block before I remembered that my husband was still waiting in the parking lot around the corner of the building, so he didn’t see me leave. Fortunately, he has a sense of humour.”
The customer told me I had indeed made her feel less embarrassed. I wish someone could do the same for me.
Cactus-Pete about 1 hour ago
What does a “clear conscience” have to do with anything?
David Rickard Premium Member about 1 hour ago
From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:
Herb commits any number of sinister deeds during the course of his day, and can only live with himself by dissociating at night, as if all that evil were the fault of someone else entirely. It’s sad, it really is!