Friday, October 24, 2008

Misunderstood

Yesterday, I was at the dog park and a woman started a conversation with me about the girls' collars. I told her that it was my business and we chatted. She called over 2 of her friends to show her the collars and I noticed that one of the women was carrying a leash that I had made. She was a very nice older woman with a thick German accent. The next part of the conversation went something like this:

Me: "Oh, that is one of my leashes."
Her: "No it isn't"
Me: "Hmm, can I see it?"
Her: "Sure"

(So I look at the leash and absolutely know that I made it and hand it back to her)

Me: "Are you sure. I really think that it is"
Her: "No, my daughter bought it for me"
Other lady: "I think she got it at Petsmart"
Me: "I don't think they carry these at Petsmart"
Other lady: "Oh yes they do, they have several cute designs"

At this point I feel like I am in an episode of the Twilight Zone but don't know what else I can do to convince these ladies that, in fact, it is one of my leashes. So I think to myself, "Whatever crazy ladies." I tell them to have a nice a day, and continue on our walk.

A couple minutes later, I run into the woman with the leash and she says to me that she thinks there was a misunderstanding. Apparently she thought that I was literally saying that the leash was mine, as if she had taken my leash. So, while I thought they were crazy for not understanding that I really did make her leash, they thought I was accusing her of stealing my property. I guess in the kingdom of crazy, that would make me the Queen.


3 comments:

DJ said...

That's really funny! That's something I would do. Misunderstand and think someone is crazy while they're thinking I'm crazy too.

Unknown said...

I totally know where you got that from!

dog/cat/girl said...

Lovely blog this....!