I’m a therapist and my office is in a quaint little town where there are restaurants, speciality shops, etc. My office is located in the medical building at the edge of town across from a popular restaurant.
Normally people are friendly and chatty, and it’s a really good vibe. but every now and then I run across some interesting characters. The other day I was getting out of my car. I had parked near the restaurant and was pulling things out of my car when a woman approached me and asked me what time the restaurant opened and said that she wants to place an order to go. I know I had a confused look on my face and I told the woman that I wasn’t entirely sure, but that I thought the restaurant opened around 11:00 am because I had seen people on the patio at that time of day. The woman looked at me like I was nuts and said,”You work in the restaurant, so how come you don’t know what time it opens!.” I laughed a little and told her that she must have me confused with someone else because I don’t work in the restaurant. The woman huffed at me and said, “Then why in the hell are you parked right here if you don’t work over there?” So I told the woman that my office is right over there, and I pointed to the office building. So the woman says,”Oh yeah, and what DO you do?” Honestly I hate answering this question because when I tell people I’m a therapist I can sometimes get weird reactions, and I never know what kind of reaction I will get. So I told the woman,”I’m a therapist”. The woman crinkled up her nose and asked me what kind of therapist, so I told her that I’m a Marriage and Family Therapist. She crinkled her nose again, looked at me and said,”Well, you look like a f&*king waitress to me!” I laughed out loud and she asked me what I’m laughing at, and my laughter seemed to piss her off. So I told her that I just didn’t know that people look like a waitress or that they look like anything. The woman became agitated and screeched at me, “Well I bet you think that you’re all high and mighty!! You don’t know anything! And YOU look like a waitress!!” I had pulled my bag out of my car by then and I was making my way to my office, backing away from the woman, and I was laughing pretty hard at this point because the entire conversation was so ridiculous. So I told the woman,”Well, I hope that the rest of your day is a good one, and that the restaurant opens soon!” And as I walked up the stairs of the building she looks up at me and says, “You know what! F&*K YOU BITCH!” And I laughed and went into my office still kind of snickering about the incident. Because what else can ya do!
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