So there is this awesome sandwich shop on the other end of town. The owners are great folks. I only go over there periodically, because it is literally on the edge of town next to WalMart where traffic is a mess, but even if you go there once and wait three months before going back, the owners will remember you and ask how your husband/dog/whatever is doing. Friendliest sandwich shop you will ever visit, and the food is great, too! I would visit more if it wasn't so out-of-the-way on a bad traffic strip.
Since I've started going back to school in an online program and we meet monthly for face-to-face labs and exams, I've been making monthly pilgrimages to this place since it's not far from campus.
So I walk in and both the owner and his wife are working the registers and they smile. The owner asks if I'm going into nursing because he remembered I had brought in textbooks to study last time and I inform him I'm going into physical therapy assisting. The wife shares about how her mother is in phys. ther. and how that's going. All is well.
Owner: "You know, we were talking about you the other day. You look really familiar. Did you go to [high school]?"
Me: "No, I went to [other high school]."
O: "But you went to [middle school], right?"
Me: "Uh, yeah?"
O's Wife: "And you used to go to [church] with your big family?"
Me: "It was me, my brother, and our parents, yeah."
O: "Yeahyeahyeahyeah! Do you remember our son, M?"
Me: "Um...."
O's Wife: "Our son! You went to school with him and we went to your church!"
O: *pulls out his phone and shows me a picture*
Me: "Sorry, that was a long time ago."
O's Wife: "That's too bad. We remember you! You were always so well-behaved!"
Me: "Yeah...sorry guys, I can't remember."
I was eventually released to go eat my salad.
Awkward social moment, right there.
Since I've started going back to school in an online program and we meet monthly for face-to-face labs and exams, I've been making monthly pilgrimages to this place since it's not far from campus.
So I walk in and both the owner and his wife are working the registers and they smile. The owner asks if I'm going into nursing because he remembered I had brought in textbooks to study last time and I inform him I'm going into physical therapy assisting. The wife shares about how her mother is in phys. ther. and how that's going. All is well.
Owner: "You know, we were talking about you the other day. You look really familiar. Did you go to [high school]?"
Me: "No, I went to [other high school]."
O: "But you went to [middle school], right?"
Me: "Uh, yeah?"
O's Wife: "And you used to go to [church] with your big family?"
Me: "It was me, my brother, and our parents, yeah."
O: "Yeahyeahyeahyeah! Do you remember our son, M?"
Me: "Um...."
O's Wife: "Our son! You went to school with him and we went to your church!"
O: *pulls out his phone and shows me a picture*
Me: "Sorry, that was a long time ago."
O's Wife: "That's too bad. We remember you! You were always so well-behaved!"
Me: "Yeah...sorry guys, I can't remember."
I was eventually released to go eat my salad.
Awkward social moment, right there.
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