Have you ever participated in a conversation that you wished could be taken back? Perhaps rewind those 5 or 10 minutes and started over? What if you weren't even aware that a conversation had existed at all.... but then realize it had?
I was working at Famous Barr during the mid/late 80's. It was supposed to have been a temporary job after college, but I ended up working there almost four years. I was employed in the electronics dept. and one evening, it was time for my dinner break. Back then, we actually got an hour for dinner/lunch, which meant you had time to run errands, shop, or just have a relaxing meal. I decided I'd first use the Famous Barr bathroom to take care of some business.
I made myself at home in one of the three stalls and let nature do its work. After about a minute, I noticed a piece of white paper lodged between the two stalls. As I had no reading material with me, I decided to un wedge the paper and read what may have been written on the small scrap. I was kind of shocked when I read the following words..." for a blow job, meet me at Penny's bathroom at 6:30!" My first thought was, WOW!!! I wasn't expecting that!!!!! Shaking my head, I gently placed the small scrap of paper back in it's original position between the stalls. I happened to look at my watch....ironically, it was exactly 6:30!!!! "What's the odds of that"? I thought.
Just then, maybe 30 seconds after I had placed the note back, I looked over... AND IT WAS GONE!!!! "WTH"??? I thought. Then, immediately after noticing the questionable message had disappeared, I HEARD THE TOILET FLUSH AND THE SOUND OF SHOES SCUFFLING OUT OF THE STALL NEXT TO ME!!!!
"Well, that was weird," I thought to myself. One of two things had just happed;
The person next to me was quietly doing their business and they saw a note being passed to them between the stalls. They read it.... and decided they were getting the hell outta there!!!!!
OR
2. The person who had originally passed the note, was heading over to the bathrooms at Penny's since it was 6:30!!!! Perhaps he thought he'd found a participating partner!!!!
I left the Famous Barr restroom wondering what the hell had just happened!!!
I did not go to Penny's!!!
Nor did I pass go or collect my $200.00. Instead, I went to dinner and never thought about it again.
Just another mysterious conversation from THE ORANGE ROOM...WHEN DAYS WERE PSYCHEDELIC.
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