So I was at the Gallivan Center last night to see The Fiery Furnaces and Yo La Tengo. I was in the crowd for a good long while snapping photos, and had thought I saw someone I knew in the back of the crowd. While moving out of the crowd, I passed a woman who said "I know that hat! You're Clint!"
I think I probably would have said something like "do I know you?" but I thought I recognized the woman as the person who stole my hat for hours while at Green Street a few months back. It took quite a lot to get my then brand-new hat back from her. Just moments before, as well, the woman's friend (who was also at the Green Street affair) had proceeded to accidentally kick me and also knock over my beer. She then fled into the crowd with the promise that she would get me another.
"That's right," I said and moved away towards the back of the crowd to find the people I knew before they moved.
This morning I received the following flickr mail from one of my flickr contacts:
"I was the total stranger who said I recognized your hat. Hope that wasn't too bizarre. You seemed rather horrified, so I decided to let it go at that."
I blame the beer (well that and my naturally ornery self.)
Friday, July 20, 2007
Incidents in rudeness
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I blame people for my naturally ornery self. I'd like to think I'd be a ray of sunshine at such events if I wasn't pushed around and knocked over countless times.
ReplyDeleteThank god Yo La Tengo made it worth it.
Okay... Now I have to know what that hat looks like. Did you get your beer?? Was the concert rockin' or what? Did you get any rental fee for the hat? Inquiring minds want to know.
ReplyDeleteHH =)
This is what the hat looks like this.
ReplyDeleteI ran into the perpetrator later and she handed me one of the beers she had for herself. No rental fee. Not even an apologetic kiss.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!??! SHE IS CLEARLY INTERESTED IN YOU AND TOOK THE TIME TO HUNT YOU DOWN ONLINE...
ReplyDeleteIncidents in rudeness? No, this story belongs in my own Incidents in Lameness files. Just half a second after impulse #1 (Hey, I recognize that guy from Flickr - say hi) came impulse #2 (That's a horrible idea. It's loud, dark, chaotic, and he has no idea who the hell you are.) So at the very moment I opened my mouth, I was already feeling like a complete dork. Your response was very reasonable considering the circumstances.
ReplyDeleteI thought I saw you once at Fats Grill and I decided to save myself the embarrassment of walking up to some guys table, while he's eating dinner, and saying something like "dude we're totally flickrbuds" and then have that person turn out to not be you.
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