Mara's Mindless Babble
Dry-Cleaning Dilema
Ok, ok, ok.... so I haven't posted in a while... sue me.
Seriously friends, I have been so friggin busy there has been no time to post. This promotion is killing me. But I'm not going to bore you with a bunch of neurotic, pixified corporate blah blah... However, I am going to just go ahead and rant about a little speedbump in my life that probably isn't nearly as traumatic as I make it out to be.... But SHIT! When you're salaried and working overtime ALL THE TIME... everything's traumatic.
So, Saturday I decided it's time to drop off my clothes to the dry cleaner. I discuss this with Tango and we agree that I should try the new dry cleaner - well... only dry-cleaner... in town, as opposed to driving into A2 to drop it off there.
Well we get in there and it's a traditional Chinese Laundry. No problem... I'm all into supplier diversity when it comes to nail salons and take-out food - why not my laundry???
So, I'm waiting in line to drop off my things when a bundle of clothes with two little legs comes running through the door, zips around the corner and disappears for exactly.25 seconds... this little thing is FAST!
The next second this tiny little chinese woman - about as tall as a friggin egg roll - is standing at the side counter. Banging her palm repeatedly on it she yells to me... "I hep oo" "oo co here, I hep oo!" (that's I help you, you come here, I help you for the culturaly impaired)
I step to the side counter and hand her my things...
"Foh jackahh and wah skir?" she asks (four jacket and one skirt?)
"Yes, thank you". I say
I wait while she looks over my things and writes up the receipt.... the little thing moves like the wind.
Finally I ask when I can pick them up.
"Doo Day" she says with a smile.
Stunned I look at her and reply, with some amazement, "Today?!?"
"Ahhh no, Doo Day" -her
"TODAY!!" -me
"No, NO!! DOO DAY" -her
"Ohhh... two days, ok" -I reply with a smile
If looks could kill that little won-ton would have layed me out flat....
"NO" she said...... "NO MOW-DAY, NO WEN-DAY..... DOO-DAY!!!"
"OHHHH.... TUESday"............. damn... did I feel like an ass.
::smooches::
Mara
Ok, ok, ok.... so I haven't posted in a while... sue me.
Seriously friends, I have been so friggin busy there has been no time to post. This promotion is killing me. But I'm not going to bore you with a bunch of neurotic, pixified corporate blah blah... However, I am going to just go ahead and rant about a little speedbump in my life that probably isn't nearly as traumatic as I make it out to be.... But SHIT! When you're salaried and working overtime ALL THE TIME... everything's traumatic.
So, Saturday I decided it's time to drop off my clothes to the dry cleaner. I discuss this with Tango and we agree that I should try the new dry cleaner - well... only dry-cleaner... in town, as opposed to driving into A2 to drop it off there.
Well we get in there and it's a traditional Chinese Laundry. No problem... I'm all into supplier diversity when it comes to nail salons and take-out food - why not my laundry???
So, I'm waiting in line to drop off my things when a bundle of clothes with two little legs comes running through the door, zips around the corner and disappears for exactly.25 seconds... this little thing is FAST!
The next second this tiny little chinese woman - about as tall as a friggin egg roll - is standing at the side counter. Banging her palm repeatedly on it she yells to me... "I hep oo" "oo co here, I hep oo!" (that's I help you, you come here, I help you for the culturaly impaired)
I step to the side counter and hand her my things...
"Foh jackahh and wah skir?" she asks (four jacket and one skirt?)
"Yes, thank you". I say
I wait while she looks over my things and writes up the receipt.... the little thing moves like the wind.
Finally I ask when I can pick them up.
"Doo Day" she says with a smile.
Stunned I look at her and reply, with some amazement, "Today?!?"
"Ahhh no, Doo Day" -her
"TODAY!!" -me
"No, NO!! DOO DAY" -her
"Ohhh... two days, ok" -I reply with a smile
If looks could kill that little won-ton would have layed me out flat....
"NO" she said...... "NO MOW-DAY, NO WEN-DAY..... DOO-DAY!!!"
"OHHHH.... TUESday"............. damn... did I feel like an ass.
::smooches::
Mara
posted by Mara @ 1:34 PM
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