Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Notes from the road

What is the right thing to do when a girl (in a hot-pink jumpsuit, resplendent with fluttery hot-pink ribbons) plops down next to you at the airport, shakes off her flip-flop, and begins liberally applying a rather...fragrant lotion to her foot (which is pointed in your direction and dangerously near)?

a) hit her
b) compliment her (ugly!) feet
c) pull her (stupid!) ribbons
d) scream in frustration, because this really just is the icing on a trying day
e) tell her off
f) ignore it and it will go away
g) cough/sneeze exaggeratedly, yet somewhat truthfully from her foot fumes, loudly sigh, and then gather your things and move exactly three seats over, all the while giving her pointedly poisonous looks
h) some combination of the above

Guess which I did?

3 comments:

Samantha said...

What did you do?? :)

Anonymous said...

You did (f) or (g). More (f) than (g), but with enough (g) that it should have been obvious, had jumpsuit girl be paying attention.

Oooh, am I right???

Tumbleweed said...

Which would make the answer (h). Got it in one, even in the right proportions!

She either didn't notice or was studiously avoiding noticing my actions, but all the people around us noticed mah SUB TULL tactics and were appalled and amused.