Fun With People

As much as many people who know me know that I truly despise dealing with the public, I'm not certain if they also realize there's a flip side to that coin...

...I absolutely love screwing around with them too.

For example, when I was in Vegas, I was out walking the dog around the condo one day. An elderly woman who was walking into her apartment said "Aw, what a cutie!" I smiled and immediately replied "Thanks! The dog's not too bad either." and kept walking...

I think it's the fun of seeing if 1) I can stop people in their tracks to make them think and 2) seeing what I can get away with!

Tonight, for example, was probably unofficially deemed "Test Sean's Patience Night". I worked solo and everything that could go wrong (ok, on a minor scale) did. People were simply idiots for the most part. In fact, two who bought things just stared at me when I told them how much they owed. When the second person did it, I said "Either it's just one of those nights where everyone's completely out of it or I am truly a sight to behold and people are unable to look away from my majestic visage."

One woman came in and when I asked her if I could help her, she said "Do you have A Beautiful Mind?"

I replied, "Yes I do and for many who stare long enough, the rest of me isn't so bad either."

It took her a few minutes, but she got it.

There were a few more that I was able to just have fun with, including the security guard. Toward the end of the night, it was starting to get cold...and I don't mean chilly, I mean arctic blast cold. I like air conditioning as much as the next guy but when penguins start to buy memberships, it's time to crank that down a bit.

Anyway, he asked me if he could run out and get his jacket. I told him that it was fine since he was only going to be gone two minutes. When he returned, I mentioned that it would have been funny if I gave him the ok thinking nothing would happen and instead, after those two minutes, he walks in to find all the shelves cleared off and my bullet riddled corpse slumped over the counter. He didn't see the humor in that as much as I did.

Sometimes I confuse people too...lol.

But, hey...as long as it makes me laugh...who cares? Some people need copious amounts of coffee to get through their day.

I need to have fun with (or make fun of) others.

It all comes out in the wash.

As a post script, I found that indeed it is possible to control your own personal hell. There's a song that keeps playing that drive me insane...not unlike this clip...



It's by Ben Harper and the Relentless 7 called "Shimmer and Shine".

You know how I know the name of it? They say the phrase about 400 times in about 3 1/2 minutes.

But I can skip to the next song!

So hell has some perks!

;)