12.01.2008

The Worst Conversation of My Life

Conversation with Starbucks barista:

Barista: How's your day going?

Penelope: It's going pretty good.

Barista: What are you up to today?

Penelope: I'm helping my mom. I'm grading labs for her.

Barista: Oh, my mom does that too. She... (voice trails off, but I think I hear the word "math.")

Penelope: Your mom teaches math?

Barista: No (looks at me like I'm completely batshit crazy).

Penelope: (Realizing that I would just need to start over): What I was trying to say it that my mom is a chemistry teacher, and I'm helping her grade labs for her classes.

Barista: Oh, my mom breeds labs. The dogs.

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