Hi there,

I'm not one for posting but something truly hilarious happened today.  Actually, it's probably just mildly amusing.  Truth be told, it's quite tragic at the end, but you can laugh at my expense anyway.

I happen to work in a tourism centre in a useless town so i have to answer questions from tourists that come in.  Nothing special about that, but today everyone was on lunch so I took the liberty of slipping in a little B&S into the tape player so i could finally work in peace.  Soon after a couple came in with a 8ish year-old son.  It quickly became apparent that these people were thoroughly Scottish.  They just wanted to know about Niagara/Toronto - basically, any way out of the hell in which i happen to live.  All was fine until their kid stops and cocks his ear to the radio, then he squeals something in what i took to be a reference to his sister.  Truthfully, i had no clue what he said due to the fact it was delivered in a)an unnaturally high pitched squeal and b)an unnaturally high pitched Scottish squeal.  He bolts out of the office.  I thought nothing of it.

I continue helping parental units when the kid comes back with his 15ish year old sister, who looked a little worse for wear.  He says to her, really loudly, LISTEN!  THen she makes some sort of exclamation to the effect of Belle and Sebastian, but she was so quiet I could hardly hear her.  It was difficult to both identify with fellow fan and explain the intricacies of the 403/QEW to her father so I kind of ignored her.

THen "you made me forget my dreams" comes on.  No problem, right?  But this girl starts bawling, I mean BAWLING!  I was surely alarmed.  THen she grabs my hand (god knows why) and starts moaning : "IT was OUR song....."  I just nodded in my stock-mock-sympathetic way.  Meanwhile, i have a map in my other hand still talking to her father, who was completely oblivious to the circus unfolding around him.  Meanwhile, the ADD-case son is dancing around the office wreaking general havoc.  Then the mother snaps: "For Christ's sake stop your moaning girl, I told you that Hamish fellow was trouble.  Besides, if ya didn't listen to such mournful music you would have forgotten him by now.  Why don't you listen to something happy, like those young Irish girls, what are they....Bedazzled?"  


LORDY!  The girl gave her mom such a glare, i was half-tempted to check the wall on the other side of the room to see if there were holes bored into it.

Finally, the Chamber of COmmerce people came back and witnessed this scene.  I made the mistake of telling them the whole story, and get this: THEY BLAMED ME!!!!!!  THey said i shouldn't play music that was disturbing to the public.  How was I supposed to know this girl was acutely emotional?  So unfair.  They effectively banned b&s from the office, which the evil girl who works with me used to her advantage to play stupid ricky martin.  How can you be "latin" with a name like that?  Oy, the whole incident made me want to change my name to Pennyfeather......


Sorry so long, but it was a bizarre experience!

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