Two things I’ll note from the weekend. First, while eating out on Sunday morning I was referred to as the “jacka$$ in the cowboy hat” by an elderly patron of the joint. I quietly scanned the room, noting a guy in a baseball cap and a guy in a fedora. So the problem wasn’t just that I was wearing the hat indoors. He made some other comments as well, but they weren’t as clear.
Now, the guy was at least 80 and my guess is he was speaking in a way such that he thought he wasn’t loud. In other words he was unaware that his target had heard him. None the less, I chose not to say anything at the time. Mainly because I couldn’t come up with something suitably condescending but not too belligerent. Afterwards, a couple of lines came to mind, but it was too late. I wish I had quicker responses for stuff like that. I suppose I could have walked over, put my hat on his head and said “Howdy, jacka$$!” but that still seems belligerent. Oh well.
The other thing I’ll note is that the kids went to the inlaws on Friday and will be home tomorrow. Despite speaking to Mom everyday since they’ve been there, they apparently haven’t been interested in talking to me. As I said, just an observation.
They’ll be home tomorrow night, so the beatings can resume then…
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I know this is a private blog, for the most part, and that you are joking…but, in the wonderful world that we live in, comments like your last sentence can result in Child Services swinging by the ranch, cowboy.
For future reference, a simple, “You wanna go old man? Let’s see who the jackass is when you’re cleaning the mud off your dentures after I knock the cataracts out of your eyes,” would probably gotten the party started.
In his defense, hats indoors is a little disrespectful to the old folks, of course, the way they drive is disrespectful to the rest of us, so it is all even in the end.
…maybe he had alzheimers ….