Old Date-mares

I'm sitting in a coffeeshop. Doing some reading and a spot of writing. 

There isn't much else for me to do today. And I'm okay with that. I don't have to work today, and while that is strange (I don't usually have a mid-week day off), I am more than okay with it. 

I'm sitting near two university students, who haven't realized that everyone in the shop can hear what they are talking about. They are talking about the usual things: classes, homework, friends and BOYS. They are currently discussing a not so great date that one of them went on. It honestly doesn't sound that bad. I've been on much worse. 

For example, there was the evening I met a man for dinner at a local restaurant. We had been chatting online and via text for several days and we seemed to mesh quite well. I found him easy to talk to and interesting. He suggested meeting for dinner and said that he would make a reservation. That would make it easier with the first face to face meeting. It's so terrible when you are waiting at the entrance for your date, whom you don't really know well enough to recognize. Smart, I thought after I agreed. I arrived first. And I'm kinda glad I did. I ordered a drink and settled in to wait for my date to show. He appeared a few minutes after my drink was delivered. 

Me:   Hello!-

Him: Let's get a few things straight first, you pay for your shit and I pay for mine. No sneaking off to the bathroom and telling the waitress on the way by that it's one bill for me to pay. I'm not into that kind of shit. 

Me: *Silence in which I finish my drink quite quickly* Well, I don't think that this is going to work. 

I put my coat on and left money on the table to cover my drink. I have never been in and out of a restaurant so quickly. Neither have I been so embarrassed to be meeting someone. He was so rude and abrupt. Not at all like the guy I had been chatting with. 

The next evening he messaged me. Not to apologize for his rudeness, but because he thought I got the wrong impression of him. "I think we got off to the wrong foot, I'm not sure what I did or said to make you leave so quickly, but I guess you probably expect me to apologize."

Yeah. If you don't know what you did/said that was wrong, we are definitely not going to try to meet again. I replied saying that my first impression of him made me not want to get to know him any better and that it would best if we just lost each other's numbers. 

I haven't heard from him since. Thankfully.

On being considered dog crazy

I love dogs.

And I'm single.

A few days ago, an ever charming gent enquired about my romantic status. Hesitantly, (he is a semi-regular at the shop) I told him that I was single. Mistake number one. He leered at me, and asked what I was doing to rectify that. I sort of glared at him. Although I am single and (technically) looking, I am quite content to be single until I am no longer single. He laughed and said that I must have a couple of cats. My eyebrows shot up into my hair. Of all the stupid comments to make. I rolled my eyes and told him that no, I didn't have cats, I had dogs... two of them. Mistake number two. Which led to him declaring that I was dog crazy and would obviously be single forever.

Sigh.

I had to walk away. Yes, I have two dogs. And I love them. One is mine. The other is a dog that I am fostering for a rescue. And what does having dogs have to do with dating anyway?!

I guess in future dating adventures/attempts (online or otherwise) I shall refrain from mentioning my love of dogs, knitting and anything that makes me seem like a boring grandmother (which is something that a man called me when he asked what I like to do in my spare time).

Which makes me wonder, when am I going to meet a man who a) doesn't mind that I have a dog and foster another, b) doesn't mind that I spend time knitting, c) won't judge me too harshly for binge watching 15 seasons of Law & Order: SVU, and d) will let me listen to John Mayer without telling me that he's garbage?

Wednesday Wackiness

I don't know if it's the usual midweek shenanigans or what, but there were several wacky individuals that I connected with today.

1. A man singing Christmas songs. Now, normally I would be all over this. But, it feels like it's 4o degrees out. It's June 25 (half Christmas? Is that a thing?). And I just wasn't into it at all.

2. Someone tried to order an iced "upside down caramel macchiato. Which is basically an iced vanilla latte with caramel drizzle. Good try buddy, but I know my way around my coffee shop and I'm definitely ringing it in as an iced vanilla latte with caramel drizzle. And he argued with me about it! There is no such thing as an upside caramel macchiato.

3. A high school couple decided to make out in the lineup and made several customers uncomfortable. I don't care how long you've been dating, it is NOT okay to put your hands down your girlfriends pants in public. It wasn't long before I asked them to leave.

4. One lady argued with me that her MacDonald's gift card would work with our system because  we "both sell coffee so what's the f******* difference?!" Ummm.... No!

5. One of my co-workers was asked to pose in some photographer's personal portfolio. She might have said yes, except that he wanted her to pose nude. Needless to say, he was asked to leave pretty quickly.

6. Someone tried to pray over me, as I "work for a Godless corporation that supports homosexuality". I'm okay with working for a corporation that supports all walks of life regardless of age, sexuality, gender, or religious beliefs.

Not bad for a short 5 hour shift.

Hopefully, I got through all the crazies and there won't be any when I open tomorrow. *fingers crossed*