flashback

flashback
circa 1978

I'm at some kind of appliance store with my mother & father
they were looking at washers & dryers I think..

They narrowed it down to two choices
they were across from each other so they kept walking back and forth
back and forth, back and forth, back and forth

I would walk with them - I was little- so I mostly just focused on their legs
the salesman had on the same color plants as my father..

in the meantime
I'm standing there with one of those 'snack size' boxes of junior mints














and on the back of the box there was a cartoon picture of Fonzie
doing the thumps up Ayyyyyyye


so, obviously I was mesmerized
by this - as most human beings
would be..

I kept striking the Ayyyyyye pose
not as cool as Fonzie
- but I looked damn good




anyway
I remember I wanted to leave like any 5-6 year old would..
so I grabbed what I thought was my fathers leg
telling him I wanted to go home
and when I looked up - it was the stupid ass salesman not my father

WHAT THE HELL!?!
I was hoodwinked
Hey.. they had the same color pants!
they went back and forth so many god damn times I got confused
and with the Fonzie distraction it was an honest mistake...

yet I was mortified

I was hugging some strange mans leg..
He looked as terrified as I was


I cried

I hated this man-
I hated his entire family
how dare he wear the same color pants

we soon left

My mom told me it would be okay.. I didn't believe her

But I still had Fonzie to console me

the end





*this has been another fascinating post from casual slack
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