the conference, the comedy, the usual...
it would just be too much to unload the entire events of the last week so i will share them in increments. so the conference was phenomenal. http://taasa.org/ I met some great people- I hope to keep in touch with a few.
at any rate- i flew to Austin- which, i realize is really about the same time as driving, but i had no desire to traffic the spring breakers. so i check my bag, i'm entering the terminal and i'm pulled out of the line to be wanded- i say wanded b/c that's exactly what the gentleman did he waved his black, menacingly beeping wand from head to toe. now i would like to point out that there is a man behind me in line, possibly of middle eastern decent, has the deer in headlights look, so i was glad that i was selected and while this doesn't seem like that big of a deal- this large black, intimidating man waiving a phallic object over my body- then takes the opportunity to educate me to the fact that,
"ma'am, your fly is down"
and really- where does one go from there because a thank you just doesn't seem appropriate or enough. i wanted to tell him that i prefer 'miss' to 'ma'am' but that would have come from a place of embarrassment and i really just wanted to get to my plane!
i get on the plane, i get to the hotel, i jump on the bed, i get extra shampoo and conditioner.
i go to bed.
at any rate- i flew to Austin- which, i realize is really about the same time as driving, but i had no desire to traffic the spring breakers. so i check my bag, i'm entering the terminal and i'm pulled out of the line to be wanded- i say wanded b/c that's exactly what the gentleman did he waved his black, menacingly beeping wand from head to toe. now i would like to point out that there is a man behind me in line, possibly of middle eastern decent, has the deer in headlights look, so i was glad that i was selected and while this doesn't seem like that big of a deal- this large black, intimidating man waiving a phallic object over my body- then takes the opportunity to educate me to the fact that,
"ma'am, your fly is down"
and really- where does one go from there because a thank you just doesn't seem appropriate or enough. i wanted to tell him that i prefer 'miss' to 'ma'am' but that would have come from a place of embarrassment and i really just wanted to get to my plane!
i get on the plane, i get to the hotel, i jump on the bed, i get extra shampoo and conditioner.
i go to bed.
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"Ma'am, your fly is down."
::lady zips fly::
"Sir, I prefer 'miss,' not ma'am."
::lady continues her daily activity::
Makes a very funny mental picture...
~Casey
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