Odd comment
Odd comment
Yesterday I wore my straight denim miniskirt to a beach suburb in Sydney. I had lunch at a local cafe where the owner, a nice Asian lady who seemed to know most of the customers, said "I like your skirt!". That was nice to hear and I thanked here. Later, when she served the food at an outside table, she said "Excuse me, but did you know that you are wearing a skirt?" I said said yes, I knew, and asked if she was OK with that. She said she was fine with it. It struck me as an odd comment, given her previous greeting inside the store.
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Re: Odd comment
This could have been down to a short attention-span or a desire to make some small talk in an otherwise quiet moment. There's not much else to go on with the context provided, but at least it wasn't hostile!
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Re: Odd comment
I suspect she was trying to figure you out.
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Re: Odd comment
"What? I'm wearing a skirt! Oh, the shame. Where can I hide?"
Whereupon Rod whipped off the offending garment and proved to everyone he was a real man.

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Whereupon Rod whipped off the offending garment and proved to everyone he was a real man.

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Re: Odd comment
She was probably thinking that here was the second man she had seen in a skirt today!TheRod wrote:Yesterday I wore my straight denim miniskirt to a beach suburb in Sydney. I had lunch at a local cafe where the owner, a nice Asian lady who seemed to know most of the customers, said "I like your skirt!". That was nice to hear and I thanked here. Later, when she served the food at an outside table, she said "Excuse me, but did you know that you are wearing a skirt?" I said said yes, I knew, and asked if she was OK with that. She said she was fine with it. It struck me as an odd comment, given her previous greeting inside the store.

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Re: Odd comment
I find the lady really odd. "Are you aware your'e wearing a shirt?"
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Re: Odd comment
"Oh no, I was sure I had put shorts on this morning. I really must start turning the light on when I get dressed!"
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Re: Odd comment
My wife and I were doing some shopping, and the checkout gal said "It must be laundry day!".
Uh, no.
Uh, no.
Re: Odd comment
Either quit the jelly donuts or use a napkin.
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Re: Odd comment
Somehow I don't think that Zorba piles on too much time with the jelly-doughnuts.
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Re: Odd comment
Biscuits and gravy, then.
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Re: Odd comment
Not that either. I was wearing a brightly colored skirt. Apparently, the ONLY reason the checkout gal could think I'd be wearing it was "it must be laundry day". *shrug* Whatever.
Re: Odd comment
Oh, I know. I was only being facetious.
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