Picture Echo and me walking out of Maharaja.
Mangey Dude: Awwwwright, ladies. You having a good night?
Me: [Walking away] Sure.
Mangey Dude: Awww yeah. You both look PIMPIN’ tonight.
Me: Thanks. [Smiles, continues walking away.]
Mangey Dude: [Following behind us] Yeah! A smile! Dude! Yeah! Stop and talk a while.
[We keep walking.]
Mangey Dude: I got one smile! I want another! I need two smiles!
[We keep walking.]
Mangey Dude: Yeah, you in the blue [Echo]! Yoo hoo! Girly! I want a smile! Gimme a smile! I’m going to follow you until I can get a smile!!
Me: She’s deaf. She can’t hear you.
Mangey Dude: …!
Echo: [to me] Bet you wish you were, too.
She was, of course, right. The really strange thing was how telling Mangey Dude that Echo was deaf shut him up immediately.
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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