[Conversations] Okay, you caught me
May. 25th, 2018 07:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
loaded_marchEarlier today, I stopped at a store, picked up a few random things, and was waiting in line at the teller. While I was paying for my items, I noticed a woman and her daughter behind me; they were both pointing to the garden stakes I'd bought, which were on the counter. The lady realizes I've noticed them and said:
Total Stranger: Oh, we were just saying that those would be good for the beans we're planting.
Me: I was thinking more of using them for protection against vampires, actually.
The lady blinked, was a little agape while she parsed what I just said, and burst out laughing.
Total Stranger: You mean actual vampires! [laughs some more] [mimes stabbing a person with a stake] [laughs some more]
I'm not sure how I managed to keep a straight face, but I did.
Total Stranger: You must be a riot at parties.
Me (with a resigned sigh): Okay, yeah, you caught me. They're for my garden.
I picked up my stuff and got out of the way so she could put her things down on the counter. While the lady wasn't looking, I turned to her daughter, who's about eleven or twelve, and watching the whole conversation dubiously.
I shake my head and mouth, "Seriously?"
The daughter gaped at me before she started laughing, too. The lady glanced at her daughter, turned to look at me with a smile, still absurdly amused by... me, apparently.
Total Stranger: Have a good day!
Me: Stay safe!
(The vampire stakes were in Aisle 3, if anyone's wondering.)
Total Stranger: Oh, we were just saying that those would be good for the beans we're planting.
Me: I was thinking more of using them for protection against vampires, actually.
The lady blinked, was a little agape while she parsed what I just said, and burst out laughing.
Total Stranger: You mean actual vampires! [laughs some more] [mimes stabbing a person with a stake] [laughs some more]
I'm not sure how I managed to keep a straight face, but I did.
Total Stranger: You must be a riot at parties.
Me (with a resigned sigh): Okay, yeah, you caught me. They're for my garden.
I picked up my stuff and got out of the way so she could put her things down on the counter. While the lady wasn't looking, I turned to her daughter, who's about eleven or twelve, and watching the whole conversation dubiously.
I shake my head and mouth, "Seriously?"
The daughter gaped at me before she started laughing, too. The lady glanced at her daughter, turned to look at me with a smile, still absurdly amused by... me, apparently.
Total Stranger: Have a good day!
Me: Stay safe!
(The vampire stakes were in Aisle 3, if anyone's wondering.)
