So yeah, today I got crabs. No— not those crabs… Its pretty neat. I just hope it doesn’t decide to crawl out at night and clip onto my nose or something.
I’ve decided, after everything thats happened in the past 3-4 days that I am going to start keeping a log of every time anybody I don’t know inquires about my height, basketball-playing status, high school sports career, etc. (I’m 6′-7″). I just want to keep track of it because I’m a geek and just want to.
So far, here’s a few of the good ones that have happened in the past week or two…
[1]: at the movies.. two people behind me switched seats because “I cant sit behind that guy, he’s too tall.” Well. I’m sorry that I sat down at a movie I paid for. Get a booster chair.
[2]: at starbucks, this one guy is in there every day, and repeatedly he asks me things such as “hey, big guy.. wanna shoot some hoops? [some stupid shooting-hoops gesture]” or “hey, big guy.. are you related to [insert-basketball-player-name-here] on MSU’s team?” .. or “hey, big guy.. did you see [insert team here]’s game last night?” No, that guy on MSU is not my brother, but Dekembe Mutambo is. [sarcasm]We’re both tall — we must be brothers[/sarcasm].
[3]: The bagel lady. Not only did she withhold $0.01 becuase my change was $6.66, but her and her staff keep commenting repeatedly on my height. They come around the counter and stand next to me, to measure up, and other things.
[4]: At 7-11 this one time, this lady comes up to me and goes “Wow, aren’t you a tall one“. I calmly ignored her and waited for my change. Which prompted “Sheish, don’t have a sense of humor, do ya?” Again, I just ignored her and walked out. It was one of those times that I got to the truck, and came up with some good lines I could’ve used. I don’t remember them now, but it was something about how “[sarcasm]yes, i’m so tall, thats hillarous, you should be a stand-up comedian… you’d make millions[/sarcasm]”
ok. I think thats enough for now. This is getting quite long, and its not like me to do long posts
The moral of the story is .. I got a crab, and yes– I’m tall.. don’t bother me by asking– I always change the height.