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Self Sighting: Lizard doesn't DESERVE wine!
Last night I was having dinner with a friend before doing some Christmas shopping and she was showing me some vacation pictures on her phone when the waitress comes by to ask us how we are with our drinks. (Get ready for the suck!!) I had already decided on a glass of wine so I grab a menu and say "I'd like wine instead of beer this time...." (the menu is pretty limited with wine selection, so I knew it would take about 1 second to remind myself which kind I wanted). That's when I look up and see that she has 2 plates of food that she is obviously on her to way to drop off at another table, which makes me feel like a dick, so I say "Oh, sorry, finish what you were doing, I can wait"
Not too sucky, right? Yeah, well then, for some reason that I can't even fathom, something short circuits in my brain and I make a shoo-ing gesture at her. Like she's my cat trying to rub herself all over my black pants or a possum raiding my garbage cans.
In my defense I was only trying to demonstrate that I had no problem waiting my turn but it just looked so.......patronizing. I swear, I've never made that hand motion at another person in my life and I choose NOW to bust it out?!!??
As soon as she comes back I tell her "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to "shoo" you...." and she is polite and friendly about it but I could tell that underneath she was irritated. Rightfully so.
I'm not sure if I enjoyed a shiraz and spit cocktail but if I had, it was my own darn fault.
Rude *ss-hole, table for one!
Not too sucky, right? Yeah, well then, for some reason that I can't even fathom, something short circuits in my brain and I make a shoo-ing gesture at her. Like she's my cat trying to rub herself all over my black pants or a possum raiding my garbage cans.
In my defense I was only trying to demonstrate that I had no problem waiting my turn but it just looked so.......patronizing. I swear, I've never made that hand motion at another person in my life and I choose NOW to bust it out?!!??
As soon as she comes back I tell her "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to "shoo" you...." and she is polite and friendly about it but I could tell that underneath she was irritated. Rightfully so.
I'm not sure if I enjoyed a shiraz and spit cocktail but if I had, it was my own darn fault.
Rude *ss-hole, table for one!
and I can tell you that her interpretation of your "shooing" gesture would likely have depended greatly on your facial expression as you made it. There's the expression that says, "I'm holding you up; quick, go get rid of those loaded plates and then I'll put in my order" and there's the expression that says, "Go away, serf; come back when you can focus on only me." I'm betting you were wearing the former expression ...
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