Something nice

So the other day I was in a lighting store, trying not to lose my patience with how slow the service was. I try and be patient, but being from the East Coast, NY and Connecticut mainly, I do get annoyed with crappy service. So while I was waiting, an older woman in conservative hippy clothes approached me and told me how impressed she was how I look a way she can’t understand or relate to, but because of my mode of dress and being well-spoken, I defied her stereotype of typical scumbag and she appreciated that I was not. Actually, she thought I was pretty cool and got embarrassed about her sermon.

This story isn’t as good as my buddy Melanie’s (ex- High Priestess, current super star hairdresser) told me. She was traveling by train when she noticed a woman glaring at her. Accustomed to negative behavior, she returned innocently to her book. Soon after, she was aware of an incident. Apparently, the glaring woman was choking on her food. Melanie went over and gave her the Heimlich. The woman recovered and Melanie went back to her book as the choking victim rested. The woman then approached Melanie, and told her that when she first saw her she was disgusted. After Melanie saved her life, the woman realized that Melanie was not some useless, drug and sex addicted freak rock star, that she was what Melanie is; a caring person with lots of holes in her face. Melanie was so touched she started crying. It’s great when people’s minds are forcibly changed in a good way.