The other day Baxter and I were in the lobby of our building waiting for the elevator. As we were waiting, our neighbor guy that lives down the hall from us walked up to wait for the elevator as well. He was carrying some bags and a soda cup from a fast food place. We exchanged our polite greetings, and then Baxter asked nosily, "What you got, Burger King?" Neighbor guy, a little disconcerted, said "Yeah, why can you smell it?" Bax said no, he could tell from the cup. Ok! Neighbor guy, indicating that he felt shame for being caught with fast food, said something about it not being good for you but sometimes you just gotta eat it, blah blah..... Then Bax says, all deadpan while staring at the dude's bag with this weird creepy look on his face, "I think the last time I saw you, you had McDonald's or something." I tried to laugh and lighten the moment so dude wouldn't think we were two accusatory weirdo-creeps. I mean, I know that Baxter isn't a weirdo-creep, he just loves his Burger King. He may even have been drooling.
We got on the elevator, and the guy asked us what floor so he could push the button for us; well, we live on the same floor and after we said "7" he said, "I keep forgetting that we are neighbors!" After he went right and we went left off the elevator, Bax said to me "I don't think he remembers me from the other night." (He had bumped into him coming home late one night and they had discussed Wu Tang or something similar.) Well, he isn't likely to forget you now, I thought to myself, after you just creeped him out and nonverbally accused him of being a fast food monster.
But then he ran into him today, and neighbor guy said that they should "hide beers" sometime. So I guess he wasn't too creeped out.
9 comments:
That is a classic Bax story! You think he's so aloof, but he notices EVERYTHING. Remember those days when we thought boys could barely identify their own mothers if challenged? What happy times.
Like that time Sniffles straight up broke cover in Interpersonal? I thought your face was going to fall off.
My heart dropped, dude! Here I thought we were being so clever with our covert names and dipes-speak. Do you think that he knew we were talking about him we mentioned Tom Cruise?
I'm not sure if he knew when we were talking about Tom Cruise, but what I DO know, is that you can't get enough of Tom Cruise's crazy ass. Yeah I said it!
God, that happens to me all the time! Not Tom Cruise-but you try to say something witty and observant and people go all paranoid on you. Our neighbors on one side are nice and sociable. Our neighbors one the other have lived there at least 4 years and have yet to even say hello!
How sad are you G, that YOUR man Tom Cruise is getting married? Poor dear......
CA, you like Tom Cruise??! I must say. This is unexpected!
Yes. I'm suicidal! I'm going to thrown myself off the Eiffel Tower in mourning for the love lost. Goodbye cruel interweb!
Don't fret G, your man Matt Damon is still single! I think.....
Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, I feel like I don't know you anymore, CA! Are you like Liza Minnelli's cousin or something?
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