Back from the Boundary Waters, but not settled in just yet. Luckily bdoc, patient as ever, decided to take blog matters into her own hands. Thanks sister.
I feed my terrible addiction to Diet Pepsi every morning by stopping at a particular convenience store called Friendlys on my way to work. I KNOW I shouldn't drink that crap so early in the morning but my addiction is too developed now to stop while I'm also training for a marathon. Just can't do it. And truth be known, Friendlys is actually NOT on my way to work. Again, the addiction makes me do crazy things....
I digress.
So, this particularly morning was no different than any other except that I noticed a New Dude (ND) working behind the counter. He wore an eye-harassing outfit of camouflage pants and a tie-dyed shirt with the logo of Friendlys on the upper right hand corner of the shirt. His glasses were WAY too big and his eyes were about the size of baseballs behind them - quite the sight, really so it was hard not to notice him.
I got my soda and walked to the line behind the counter. I patiently waited behind the 2 people in front of me and noticed the 3 people lined up behind me when I finally reached the front. While I handed ND my money, he inquired about the button pinned to my purse.
I told him, "It says, 'Vote Pro-Choice.'"
ND: "Hmmm, I'd have to disagree."
Me: "You can disagree; have that right ... though you'd be wrong." And then I gave him my syrupy-sweet-how-can-you-disagree-with-this-face smile.
OH, he disagreed alright.
ND: "Think about it: We need slaves in this country. What better slaves could we find than those that are already unwanted. Let them be born and then put them into slavery."
He gave me NO HINT of sarcasm or joke in his face or voice. He didn't say anything to indicate jest and merely urged me again to "Think about it" as I walked out the door.
I am not sure whether to be more afraid of his anti-choice statement or his pro-slavery "idea."
Needless to say, there are some characters in Montana ... even in a place called 'Friendlys.'
5 comments:
geezlouise. what a weirdo nd is.
great entry guest blogger bdoc...
Bdoc - I once had a man (co-worker) tell me that the reason social security is broke is because all of those women aborted children that could be alive and contributing to social security.
I told him that that was the stupidest thing I had ever heard I refused to even generate a response, because that would somehow justify the rediculousness he had just spewed.
He later told me that he was going to shoot all of the politicians in Helena.
Anti-abortion = Pro-death?
Crazy is crazy no matter what state you live in.
I told ND that now I had to disagree and walked out. It was one of very few times I felt speechless and unable to form a caustic response. I think I was in shock.
But I've thought about it now and think I'm more fearful of the anti-choice statement. Slavery will never make a comeback - well, not in the form it once existed. But anti-choice is threatening to every woman's right to choose what to do with their own bodies.
Come to think of it, I should have asked ND what I should do about the mole on my pubic region since he seems to think that he has any say about what I do with my body.
Very thoughtful entry. Right, right, just because we reserve the right to _choose_, doesn't mean everyone's gonna choose abortion.
Funny thing, I met a weirdo in Chicago who had similarly wacked out reasonings and theories.
What kindofa world do we live in?
I think you should turn your mole into slavery... could catch a good price for it.
Montana scares me and this is reason 1,758.
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