It's 9:30 on a Saturday night. No desserts to be found anywhere in the Open Mind household. CVS drug/variety store is open 'til 10 pm. Open Mind Jr. wants ice cream and our little doggie needs a walk. So my teen-age son, our hyper-cute dog and myself decide to hoof it on down to CVS for some ice cream.
Here was Plan A: OM gives $ to son. Son goes inside store to buy dairy delights while OM observes California Health Codes by waiting outside with the filthy canine carrier of Ebola, HIV, Typhoid, etc.
60 seconds go by. Screw it. Let's take a walk on the wild side and bring the beast inside.
I stuff the little guy inside my jacket out of sight and walk in. I'm a fairly respectable looking middle-aged guy and the young lady at the cash register is probably all of 18 years old. There are a couple customers waiting to be rung out.
Register Girl: (In a VERY accusatory, commanding tone.) "Do you have a dog in there?"
OM: (Long pause) "Yes."
The customers eyes are now locked on this clash of 18-year old authority vs. middle aged scoff-law.
Register Girl: "Is he cute?"
OM: "Yes."
(OM's son is now approaching with a carton of ice cream)
Register Girl: "Can I see him?"
OM" "Yes."
(Out pops a canine head of extreme adorableness and excessive fawning ensues on the part of Register Girl and customers.)
All of a sudden Register Girl starts pushing her hand down towards her boobs. OM is dumbfounded for about 1 second. Ahhh, Mr. Manager is on his way to the front of the store. Winks are exchanged between Register Girl & OM. Pooch gets pushed down and OM scoots outside while teen-age son completes transaction.
Wild times on a Saturday Night.
om
Challenging Authority and violating Health Codes @ CVS
by Open mind 10 Replies latest social humour
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Open mind
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Broken Promises
LOL
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mrsjones5
Funny, the boob part kinda threw me but I recovered.
Wild times OM.
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NewChapter
LOL----the cuteness factor works every time.
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Band on the Run
Is pooch a purebred or a mutt? I feel the breed is important to your story. Also, the attitude of the dog. It sounds like a terrier if I coulld be hidden in a jacket. Will the pooch attach itself to every stranger that coos at it?
My life is filled with similar wild nights. Time for a real life.
When I lived in Manhattan, places like Macy's absolutely forbid dogs. The upscale, luxury stores welcomed them. People walked in with their dogs as tho it were normal. Once when I volunteered at the Episcopal cathedral, a lady entered the church with her poodle mix and walked him to the altar and back. She was very surprised when she was tackled and told the dog could not be in the bldg. Of course, St. Francis' Day, the place was full to the rafters with cats and dogs, and an elephant or two. It was very nice until they added cockroaches and rats caught locally to the mix in awareness of ecology. I prefer Disney.
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baltar447
I must be really dense but I'm totally missing the significance of the boobs(other than boobs=great)
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OnTheWayOut
I think the "boobs" part is just a Fruedian slip as it really is not part of the story. OM liked her boobs or was repeating something OM Jr. said.
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mrsjones5
LoL OTWO, I think thats what threw me.
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wha happened?
now if u morph into a 65 year old woman, with that little dog, you are all over Los Angeles. Brining the little dogs in and arguing with the manager that it's a service dog while it sits in your handbag
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compound complex
Hi Baltar and OTWO:
I believe she was gesturing for OM to stuff the pooch down out of sight - yes? BTW, the nice term is mammaries.
OM:
Cool! Bow wow!
CoCo