While waiting a very pleasant young lady came into the shop and was asking all sorts of questions about the chocolates there. She was precious, so polite and unassuming. While she was interrogating the clerk she mentioned that it was her birthday. "Oh nice!" I piped up from behind my phone. "We have to sing Happy Birthday to you!" I shouted, reliving fond memories from Day 15.
"Oh my God.... Nooooo," she said. She had a genuine look of fear on her face, like she was actually scared and not just faking it in hopes that we would try and convince her. But I tried anyway.
"Oh come on! It's your birthday! Let us sing to you, okay?" I insisted, to no avail. I insisted a few times but the look of terror on her face grew a touch more piteous with each prodding, so I let it go. I didn't want to give the birthday girl a heart attack after all.
I think that qualifies as a rejection, yes? It was cute and pitiful and she was so sweet I just wanted to hug her and kiss her on the forehead. Maybe I should have done and made all her worries go away.
Wherever you are birthday girl, here's to you.
To each their own, but it's sad to me that someone would fear being sung to!
ReplyDeleteI agree, it was kind of sad. This challenge was not about making others feel terrified... although I may have done so anyway at times! lol
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