…in a grocery store parking lot.
Man #1 approaches his car with a cake in hand.
Man #2 approaches store entrance, notices Man #1 and calls out to him.
“Hey!”
“Hey!”, Man #1 replies.
Then Man #1 yells across the parking lot to Man #2, “I had to buy a cake for Maggie’s birthday!!!”
As Man #2 enters the store he yells back, “Well, there ya go!”
I actually stopped midstride because I was so confused by the whole encounter. I kind of understand yelling hey to someone you recognize, but did Man #1 really feel like he needed to explain why he was at the grocery store? Was there a need to clarify that he was not buying obscure weaponry, tampons, or Hooked on Phonics curriculum? It’s a grocery store.
And Man #2’s response? What does that even mean? There are dozens of other equally awkward, yet somewhat appropriate things he could have said, such as:
“Alright!”
“Well that’s a good idea!”
“Save some for me!”
or my personal favorite, “Why wasn’t I invited?”
Just to make myself feel better, I will put his awkward phrase to better use.
I’m done with this post, so, well, there ya go!
11 responses so far ↓
coloraturajoy // May 8, 2008 at 5:34 pm |
Haha! I thought that only happened in Texas!
Lol, I’m sorry I missed that.
Sarah // May 8, 2008 at 5:50 pm |
Just noticed the headline, well, there ya go.
danielle NOT daniel (just to be clear) // May 8, 2008 at 6:17 pm |
This is pretty funny!
alece // May 8, 2008 at 7:32 pm |
in a similar spirit of full disclosure, i bought a pack of gum today.
well, there ya go!
Lala // May 8, 2008 at 7:46 pm |
Oh. oh…the stories I could tell. Love it.
annie // May 9, 2008 at 11:03 am |
haha. I love noticing the odd bits of talk that I overhear. I hear them all the time. I’m a waitress, remember, and many times when I’m walking through the restaurant, I’ll only hear one little snatch of a conversation at a table. Sometimes it has me rolling. I have a terrible time remembering them all, but this one got shared a lot, so it’s one of my favorites.
Two ladies eating lunch, looking through a pile of pictures.
Overheard:
“Well, I would have brought pictures of all my rabbits, but I didn’t have enough film.”
coloraturajoy // May 9, 2008 at 11:22 am |
Haha….Annie’s comment had me laughing out loud!!! That is TOO funny.
Mark // May 9, 2008 at 9:24 pm |
My theory:
Man #2 used to date Maggie. Man #1 was rubbing it in that Man #2 is out of her life and not invited to her party. I think Man #2 handled it very well. You may have been very close to witnessing a murder.
You never know.
alece // May 10, 2008 at 2:23 am |
i love mark’s theory!
Andrew Glazebrook // May 12, 2008 at 8:43 pm |
I had visions of some huge cake fight breaking out by the end of this tale !
alece // May 13, 2008 at 1:55 pm |
(are you surviving the pestilence?)