Don't ignore me, Doris!
I had an interesting encounter at the grocery store this evening. Normally I'm on the other side in these types of situations, so it was actually fun to be involved in this.
It happened while I was in a different store than usual. The aisles there are set up in a slanted fashion that sort of throws off my compass, making it a bit trying to navigate the place.
I sort of started moving toward an aisle, but due to its location, people in the surrounding aisles could see and be seen. My eyes briefly connected with those of a blonde woman. I continued on my way.
"Don't ignore me, Doris!" hissed the now indignant blonde. I spun around as fast as I could because I knew two things: 1) That was definitely aimed at me. 2) If it wasn't, I wanted to gawk while Blonde Lady called Doris out for being ignorant.
Fortunately for Blonde Lady, she got a good look at me and quickly saw that I was not Doris. Her face changed completely as she began earnestly, profusely apologizing for this case of mistaken identity. "I thought you were someone else!" she declared, full of embarrassment.
I found the whole incident to be hysterical. I accepted her apologies, of course, but I couldn't quite articulate the feelings I had. I wanted to say something like "I know exactly how you feel! Don't worry, you just made my day, Blonde Lady!" But it couldn't come out of my mouth because "Don't ignore me, Doris!" was echoing in my head.
I had to turn away from the situation quickly because the laughter inside me was about to burst out. Don't ignore me, Doris!
cheers,
Doris... "Oh my god, you're not Doris!" a.k.a. echo
"Don't ignore me, Doris!!!"
NABLOPOMO
Thursday September 10 2009: it echoes to this day...
