i must be getting old
It's time for a little rant.
Tonight, two girls came into the store and ordered a couple of drinks, changing their minds about what they wanted no less than three times. Grrr. BUT! This is not the offense of which I gripe. Oh no! They went on to order two pieces of banana nut loaf cake, and that is where things started to go horribly wrong.
The girl who verbalized the order looked at the other one upon saying the word "loaf" with that oh-my-god-I-can't-believe-I-just-said-that-word-it's-so-incredibly-funny-I'm-going-to-die look that ONLY someone in high school - nay, JUNIOR high - could pull off. And at that moment, the other girl started giggling under her breath and averted her eyes downward.
Oh my. May I slap them silly now?
I asked if they wanted the banana loaf for here or to go, and they just about peed in their low-riding Gap jeans while they managed to nod affirmatively and drool all over each other with their ridiculously sappy inside joke.
Apparently, it is just BEYOND ANY COMPREHENSION OF FUNNY to use the words "banana", "nut", and "loaf" in any kind of proximity when speaking these days. I forgot that. I think I forgot that somewhere back in, oh... SIXTH GRADE!
So, after handing them their banana nut loaf in to-go pastry bags (I ended up making the "for here or to go?" decision for them because my hand started to twitch with the desire to shake a scolding finger at them and I knew I needed to get them out the door post-haste), I silently screamed in my head for a very short moment, composed myself, and then smiled at the next customer while I handed him his cup of coffee and thanked him for his patience.
He grinned at me and commented on how the girls definitely showed their age and lack of maturity.
My goodness. They have been watching WAY too much Paris Hilton.
The whole incident was THAT much more traumatic for me because one of the girls looked like Lacey, or at least the younger sister of Lacey. THAT horrified me more than anything else! Oh, the cognitive dissonance!
All I could come up with after the whole episode is that I must be getting old, yo. Le sigh...
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you have to post more customer stories. this one is just priceless. as annoyed as you were... my sister, mother and i are laughing uproariously at your description.
it puts me back in my jr high years when i discovered my sister's vhs copy of the breakfast club and proceeded to watch it at EVERY slumber party i hosted. i think i hosted some slumber parties specifically as an excuse to view the movie again. remember how funny that humor was... the sushi discussion between molly ringwald and judd nelson... "you won't accept a guy's tongue in your mouth but you'll eat that..." that one line provided fodder for hours of laughing fits. because it was naughty and we never would have come up with ourselves.
Posted by: kari | September 1, 2007 07:48 PM
TRUE, nas. so true. and yeah, the truth is i didn't *really* feel old - that comment was really just tongue-in-cheek. it was just irritating, and sad - for all the reasons you mentioned. right on.
Posted by: delara | August 29, 2007 02:12 PM
This is indeed ridiculous, D. I'm often disappointed when I think about the state of America's youth population. But I don't think being disappointed in these silly girls means we're old, mostly because I think *not* finding such things funny connotes maturity and thoughtfulness, rather than age. This seems to be to be true because (1) some young people are too mature and thoughtful to think such stupidities are hilarious, and (2) lots of people our age and older also think just stupidities are hilarious. Basically, I think the solution here is to prevent younger generations from becoming so oversexed and shallow -- and the only way to do that is through proper education, both material and spiritual.
Posted by: nas | August 29, 2007 12:22 PM
yes, you're right, lacey. :-P
yeah... this humor is not for me either, ladies. the words by themselves are obscure euphemisms for male anatomy, or so i am told. but really...
Posted by: delara | August 29, 2007 10:03 AM
I'll have to have a chat with my younger sister about this type of behavior. BANANA and NUT and LOAF together are not nearly as funny as BALLS. Am I right?
Posted by: lacey | August 29, 2007 07:38 AM
Banana LOAF bread...banana LOAF bread...banana LOAF bread...nope, it doesn't work for me either. I am really REALLY getting old, or gettin' gold, as I typed in the first place. ;D
Posted by: SarahJ | August 29, 2007 02:14 AM
I must be old too now, because I'm with Shokufeh- I left this entry thinking Mmmm Banana bread, not jeez the youth of today, much less funny than I was back when...
Posted by: Abby | August 28, 2007 08:39 PM
I must be getting older, because I don't even get why they thought it was so funny. The story, does, however make me want to go bake.
Posted by: shokufeh | August 28, 2007 06:34 PM