because it didn't fit on Twitter

[snugglekitty]

At the supermarket with tsuj. I was starting to feel a little overwhelmed from the crowds, so we got in line. As we were checking out, the guy bagging the groceries says to me, "Miss, say an ex-boyfriend sent you a package for Christmas, and you opened it, and it was coal, would you think..."

I said, "All right, let's stop this train right here. First, I'm not a Christian. Second, I don't celebrate Christmas. And third, I prefer women. So I want to cut this off before it gets any further away from reality."

I swear to goddess, I could not even make this shit up. I'm glad I had a good response. In retrospect, I kind of wish I had said, "You assume everyone is straight and Christian? Dude, this is Whole Foods!"

(He said he found my answer "really shocking." Dude, be grateful I did not bring a pile of snark down on your head. And even what I did say, I did not say in my most sarcastic tone of voice!"



On the plus side, this is why I pretty much won't be going into grocery stores again until January, unless it's an emergency and I have the angry anti-Xmas mix on loud.

Comments

[pink-pet.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Maybe and ex boyfriend of his had sent him coal and he was trying to figure out what it meant?

If not, coal? Really? How do you even buy coal? Even his scenario makes no sense.

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

You know, I thought that for a minute. "Maybe this happened to him and he's confused?" But that implies that either his ex sent it - and he opened it - a month early. Or that he's been thinking about it for eleven months and still don't know.

I bet it's illegal to send coal through the mail. I bet it's considered dangerous.

[heresiarch.livejournal.com]

the summer before last, my roomate and i found coal in an antique coal bin that she was buying as a bedside table (with hidden trash can). guess what latemodel got as a holiday present a few months later (admittedly, we are still together, so it was all in fun)? it didn't seem like especially dangerous stuff, but you never know with postal regulations.

anyhow, mr. bagger sounds clueless and not terribly bright. i can see why you wouldn't want to be accosted with his personal issues. but i don't get why you'd have to be straight or Christian to have an opinion on sending coal to an ex for a holiday gift...

[findingthegirl.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I'm grrr-ing at him far afar!

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[tsuj.livejournal.com]

You go, Buff!

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

"if you hear hoofbeats, you think horses, not zebras or unicorns."

straight christians are way in the majority. makes sense that a random person A, when confronted with a random person B, would assume the majority.

though in this day and age, that he would find your answer shocking, is, well, shocking. :\