Picky Princess
I decided to meet up for coffee with a girl that I had been talking to online. We talked for 45 minutes or so about normal first date topics like family, travel, etc.
She then asked, “Where did you do your undergrad”? I had a pretty good job, but that question set the bar pretty high for a guy who didn’t go to college. She was not only assuming that I went to college but was also assuming that I was taking part in some type of post-graduate school.
When I said that I went to technical school and then straight into the workforce, her reaction was brutal. She looked at me as if she had never heard of such a thing. Apparently, I didn’t pass all of her minimum requirements to be considered human.
After a brief pause, she broke off her shocked stare, placed her hand on her forehead in a fashion that covered her eyes, inhaled briefly, and followed it by a valley girl, “Eew”! She took her phone out of her purse and whispered to herself as she typed, “He…didn’t…even…go… to…college”.
I then saw her left thumb hold the shift key as she deliberately pressed the exclamation point key not once, not twice, but three times. She pressed a few more buttons on the phone, presumably sending this text message to her friend.
She put the phone away, looked at me, and after taking a deep breath, said, “Well, that is okay. Not everybody is capable of going to college”. She put on a fake smile, followed by an awkward laugh, and just stared at me awkwardly.
I couldn’t believe that she had reacted so rudely to something and then tried to act as if it didn’t happen. Perhaps she still believed that—like a child playing hide and seek—if you covered your eyes, you would disappear.
After staring at each other awkwardly for a few seconds, I finally broke the silence by saying, “Wow, okay. So, yeah…I, um, guess it is about time to get out of here”. I stood up and took my trash to the garbage can, and she followed me out the door.
I turned and began walking down the street, and she followed closely and said, “How far away is your car”? This girl was expecting a ride! So, I stopped, turned around, and said, “Oh, I am about a block this way. Where did you park”? She replied, “Oh, I took the bus here. I don’t have a driver’s license”.
I am usually not a rude person. I was going to just walk away and let that be that, but I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity that had presented itself.
I looked her right in the eyes and said, “Eew”! I pulled out my cellphone and typed, “She…doesn’t…even…have…a…license”, and I added three exclamation points. I then put my phone away, looked up at her, smiled, and said, “That’s okay! Not everybody is capable of driving a car!
Lucky for you, the bus stop is right over there. I hope you don’t have to wait too long”! I wish I had taken a picture of the look on her face as I walked away. It was priceless. Story credit: Reddit / (kid320)