Don't you worry about this ol' Val! She wasn't tossed in the drunk tank, nor sued for a bazillion dollars. Although it WAS a moving violation, no T-Hoe nor poles were harmed. Val wasn't even behind the wheel.
Sunday, I was walking out of 10Box after getting two crossword scratchers out of their lottery machine. The machines are on the front wall of the store. I was careful not to impede the progress of customers pulling away from the registers with their carts. I try to hug the wall, and look over my left shoulder to see if anyone is moving along at supersonic speed with a full cart before I attempt to exit through the self-opening double doors.
As I turned to look, my right arm collided with a display of products to use with the carpet steamer vacuum you can rent there. It was a 5-foot-high set of wire shelves. My arm hit the support pole on one side, and knocked loose a cardboard sign that was attached and sticking out.
Welp! The good thing is that this proves Val actually moves her arms when she walks. Unlike that gal who worked with Elaine at J. Peterman. (Here's a YouTube video 1:02 in case you are not well-versed in Seinfeld trivia.)
Anyhoo... I picked up that cardboard sign. That's the right thing to do! You don't just knock something loose and keep going. That would be the equivalent of a hit-and-run. Though in Val's case, it would be more akin to a bump-and-hobble. At least I can bend to pick up things off the ground, as long as I don't try to squat or kneel. The sign was attached to a clear tube with the side split. So it just popped back onto the pole. No harm, no foul!
I hope nobody was traumatized by the sight of Val's ample rumpus swaying around while they completed their purchases.
That whole fiasco sounds like things I have done. I do well remember the woman who does not swing her arms. At least it sounds like things were easily put back.
ReplyDeleteI was glad all I had to do was snap that sign back onto the pole. Otherwise, I suppose I would have laid it on a shelf.
DeleteI bet you also remember Kramer and his Tony Award, firing Raquel Welch because she didn't move her arms while tap-dancing.
I remember a time when I didn't move my arms when I walked, way back when I was 8 or 9ish, I'd noticed bigger girls all swinging their arms differently and I wasn't sure which was the "correct" way so I tried to hold mine still in case people laughed at me. Then one day I must have just stopped doing that.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember ever thinking about how my arms moved when I walked. Or my legs either! What happened happened. Unlike now, when I think about every step, so as not to fall.
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