While in line at the gas station I overheard this conversation between The Crazy Looking Guy standing in front of me and the woman standing behind me. Evidently they knew each other. I think I must have been in a grumpy mood, because it really annoyed me.
Crazy Looking Guy: “Hey, how are you??”
Woman: “Good. How are you?”
Crazy Looking Guy: “Good. How’s your mom doing?”
Woman: “She’s good. She lives just down the street from here now?”
The Crazy Looking Guy responded in a somewhat disgusted tone: “Yeah, I know, I talk to her ALL the time.”
I wanted to jump in and ask “Why the hell are you asking how she’s doing then!!??”, but I think that might have been considered rude.
She replied with a much more appropriate “Oh, OK.”
Then The Crazy Looking Guy paid for his Red Bull and Beef Jerky and headed for the exit. As he opened the door he turned back and hollered to the woman behind me “Make sure and tell your mom I said ‘HI’!”
Tell her yourself dammit, and comb your hair too!
I know small talk can be awkward sometimes, but I really think somebody needs to smack the crazy out of this guy.
Like I said, I think I was in a grumpy mood.
Sadly, I don’t like Red Bull. The taste just isn’t worth the “benefits” of it.