“I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.”~ B.B. King
I am going to tell you this story before I start digging a hole in the ground to hide in for the next week or so.
Life is filled with joy and it is filled with lots of humiliation.
This is a story of the latter.
This morning, I was hunting for some change. And finally I pinned down the apartment manager only to find out that he had no change. In total frustration, I started to spew. And the apartment manager started to spew back.
And then I heard and saw someone walk out the front door away from the office doors. I was curious because I thought I saw someone leaving that I had not seen in probably well over a year, possibly two by now.
I asked the apartment manager if I just saw who I thought I saw and his answer was “Probably.”
I tore out of his office like a lightning bolt, hoping that the person I was chasing was in no hurry to get into their vehicle and leave.
When I got outside, I saw her by the gates and I waited for a second before whistling at her.
And yeah I know, someone’s going to have a problem with that. But this is someone I’ve known for years and years and years and I know that once she saw that it was me that was whistling, she’d just giggle it off.
But whistled LOUD and PROUD. I was definitely making a bold statement to get her attention.
Then I waited for her to turn around and look in my direction.
IT WAS THE WRONG WOMAN!!!!!!
Ohhh, what have I done? What have I done? The wave of shock and humiliation warmed over me like a cloud of death.
The strange woman looked in my direction and then proceeded on her way. She did nothing, she said nothing. And that was the end of it as I scrambled to turn around and go back inside of the office building.
She could have yelled and screamed and chewed me out. And I would have deserved every last bit of it, but she went away.
And now I sit here and think of all the different times I saw someone with long hair flowing down their back, only to find out that it was man. And that has happened more times than I want to admit.
Similar situation here.
I know that I am not the only one that has gone through this, but it is still humiliating nonetheless.
My Monday is starting out to be embarrassing. How’s your Monday????
Dambreaker 