This wasn't sucky, but a rather mind numbing from the sheer velocity of the woman's speech. I tend to be a bit hyperactive to the point that things that are normal speed seem slow, but she left me in the dust.
I have to take prenatal vitamins because of my tendency for iron deficiency anemia. I've had it multiple times and it takes forever to get over it. Much better to prevent it. However, considering I'm NOT pregnant, I get a bit sheepish going through the checkout line with it. This incident happened about 3 years ago when my husband and I were dating.
We did, and still do, about everything together. We started our clothes washing at the apartment laundry room and took off to the drug store to pick up my vitamins. It's an odd feeling to be standing there looking and pill bottles with silhouettes of pregnant bellies, but oh well. I grabbed one and headed to the checkout hoping to not make a big deal out of it. It was not to be.
The lady at the checkout picked up the bottle, gasped, and declared "I KNEW IT! I knew it the minute you walked in the door. You two are such a cute couple and...."
There was no stopping the onslaught of mortifying words. It took three tries to finally cut in and at that point, it came out as a very non-eloquent "I'M NOT PREGNANT!"
She was utterly baffled. "Then why are you taking these?"
I explained the anemia, which I was battling at the time, and the lightbulb came on, with some embarrassment. The barrage of verbage began again.
"OH! That's a great idea. You know these are great for your hair and nails, too. You know, I should start taking these again..."
After we finally escaped, it took much assurance from my husband, then bf, that I don't look pregnant to make me stop worrying about it.
BONUS: We went back to the laundry room to switch the clothes to the dryers. I then heard a sheepish voice: "Ma'am? Are these yours?" I turned to find a hot pink pair of panties on the floor and an embarrassed, but helpful, man pointing them out. It definitely felt like time to crawl into a hole and die.
I have to take prenatal vitamins because of my tendency for iron deficiency anemia. I've had it multiple times and it takes forever to get over it. Much better to prevent it. However, considering I'm NOT pregnant, I get a bit sheepish going through the checkout line with it. This incident happened about 3 years ago when my husband and I were dating.
We did, and still do, about everything together. We started our clothes washing at the apartment laundry room and took off to the drug store to pick up my vitamins. It's an odd feeling to be standing there looking and pill bottles with silhouettes of pregnant bellies, but oh well. I grabbed one and headed to the checkout hoping to not make a big deal out of it. It was not to be.
The lady at the checkout picked up the bottle, gasped, and declared "I KNEW IT! I knew it the minute you walked in the door. You two are such a cute couple and...."
There was no stopping the onslaught of mortifying words. It took three tries to finally cut in and at that point, it came out as a very non-eloquent "I'M NOT PREGNANT!"
She was utterly baffled. "Then why are you taking these?"
I explained the anemia, which I was battling at the time, and the lightbulb came on, with some embarrassment. The barrage of verbage began again.
"OH! That's a great idea. You know these are great for your hair and nails, too. You know, I should start taking these again..."
After we finally escaped, it took much assurance from my husband, then bf, that I don't look pregnant to make me stop worrying about it.
BONUS: We went back to the laundry room to switch the clothes to the dryers. I then heard a sheepish voice: "Ma'am? Are these yours?" I turned to find a hot pink pair of panties on the floor and an embarrassed, but helpful, man pointing them out. It definitely felt like time to crawl into a hole and die.
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