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First let me say I am posting this on behalf of my hubby. SO its not my story but I thought worth sharing nonetheless.
B/G After 12 years in the army, hubby hates shaving. So since he started working for the railroad he has grown a very long and ugly beard. Google Captain Spalding for mental image. Thats pretty much what he looks like. A bit thinner and shorter at just over 5 foot but yeah bald head. Huge beard and big bulgy eyes. As a mechanic he gets very dirty and his clothes are well gross. They are clean but oil stains tend to keep not only in appearance but in a certain degree the smell.
Hubby is a big time coffee drinker. And a human chimney. And he drinks like a fish. So when he goes to his favorite gas station, usually around 11 am, he gets his cigarettes, his coffee and his beer since once he gets off work, the liquor stores are closed. I should also note we are not only in Kansas but we are actually less than a mile from the home of the westboro baptist folks.
So on any given day (this has happened more than once btw) hubby will go into his gas station and flirt with the cashier. Get his stuff and stand in line. No big deal. He seems to attract crazy. So maybe two months after we moved to town, he got stopped by an old biddy. She told him he needed to STOP living off the system, get a job and stop wasting tax payer dollars on booze and cigarettes. And then she told him to go shower.
My husband is not one to get offended by such nonsense. In fact he enjoys the attention. He is proud of his job. Everyone that has spoken to him knows he makes nearly 30 bucks an hour. Including the cashiers that are watching stifling laughter. Hubby turns around and just stares at at this woman. Does not say ANYTHING. Just forces his eyes out of his socket at her. She went to the next line over. And hubby being his usual self just stood there probably giving the old biddy a heart attack thinking he was a homicidal maniac or something. She left in a hurry. Hubby laughed his ass off and so did the cashiers. They were like I can't believe you did that. Old biddy called the management I guess and complained. The cashiers told hubby she was not happy management was not gonna ban him.
One old biddy actually called the cops to report that he must be drunk to be buying beer at 11am. That was fun. She outright told him in front of the cops to get a job. Hubby was a bit short with her. He told her that he had a job, one that in fact paid for her social security ass to be alive. Maybe SHE should go get a job and stop being a mooch. And then he suggested she try out for a haunted house. And yeah she stormed out yelling cuss words most old ladies would be shocked to hear. Hubby said she almost swore as good as him.
Then there was the guy who probably meant well but was well dumb. Hubby has his dogtags hanging from his rear window. This guy saw them and asked hubby if he was a vet and yada yada. They had a talk while hubby pumped his gas. The guy asked hubby what he did in the army (mechanic) and was like wow I could use a good mechanic. Hubby was like what do you pay etc? And the guy was like well we usually start at 8 per hour. But since you are a vet and experienced I might be able to get you 9.50 or 10 an hour. Hubby laughed and said thanks but no thanks I will stay where I am at. The guy got all offended saying he wouldn't make good money around here, mechanics are a dime a dozen blah blah. Hubby said I know. Thats why I work for the railroad and make 3x what you are offering. Sorry but no thanks. Guy was mad.
Sorry for how long this is but hubby just called to say he got told by another old biddy that he needed to find a job and I have to LOL every time I hear that.
B/G After 12 years in the army, hubby hates shaving. So since he started working for the railroad he has grown a very long and ugly beard. Google Captain Spalding for mental image. Thats pretty much what he looks like. A bit thinner and shorter at just over 5 foot but yeah bald head. Huge beard and big bulgy eyes. As a mechanic he gets very dirty and his clothes are well gross. They are clean but oil stains tend to keep not only in appearance but in a certain degree the smell.
Hubby is a big time coffee drinker. And a human chimney. And he drinks like a fish. So when he goes to his favorite gas station, usually around 11 am, he gets his cigarettes, his coffee and his beer since once he gets off work, the liquor stores are closed. I should also note we are not only in Kansas but we are actually less than a mile from the home of the westboro baptist folks.
So on any given day (this has happened more than once btw) hubby will go into his gas station and flirt with the cashier. Get his stuff and stand in line. No big deal. He seems to attract crazy. So maybe two months after we moved to town, he got stopped by an old biddy. She told him he needed to STOP living off the system, get a job and stop wasting tax payer dollars on booze and cigarettes. And then she told him to go shower.
My husband is not one to get offended by such nonsense. In fact he enjoys the attention. He is proud of his job. Everyone that has spoken to him knows he makes nearly 30 bucks an hour. Including the cashiers that are watching stifling laughter. Hubby turns around and just stares at at this woman. Does not say ANYTHING. Just forces his eyes out of his socket at her. She went to the next line over. And hubby being his usual self just stood there probably giving the old biddy a heart attack thinking he was a homicidal maniac or something. She left in a hurry. Hubby laughed his ass off and so did the cashiers. They were like I can't believe you did that. Old biddy called the management I guess and complained. The cashiers told hubby she was not happy management was not gonna ban him.
One old biddy actually called the cops to report that he must be drunk to be buying beer at 11am. That was fun. She outright told him in front of the cops to get a job. Hubby was a bit short with her. He told her that he had a job, one that in fact paid for her social security ass to be alive. Maybe SHE should go get a job and stop being a mooch. And then he suggested she try out for a haunted house. And yeah she stormed out yelling cuss words most old ladies would be shocked to hear. Hubby said she almost swore as good as him.
Then there was the guy who probably meant well but was well dumb. Hubby has his dogtags hanging from his rear window. This guy saw them and asked hubby if he was a vet and yada yada. They had a talk while hubby pumped his gas. The guy asked hubby what he did in the army (mechanic) and was like wow I could use a good mechanic. Hubby was like what do you pay etc? And the guy was like well we usually start at 8 per hour. But since you are a vet and experienced I might be able to get you 9.50 or 10 an hour. Hubby laughed and said thanks but no thanks I will stay where I am at. The guy got all offended saying he wouldn't make good money around here, mechanics are a dime a dozen blah blah. Hubby said I know. Thats why I work for the railroad and make 3x what you are offering. Sorry but no thanks. Guy was mad.
Sorry for how long this is but hubby just called to say he got told by another old biddy that he needed to find a job and I have to LOL every time I hear that.
If you don't want to be perceived as a bum, maybe buying beer and cigarettes at 11:00 AM in a filthy T-shirt isn't the brightest idea.
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