So done with what my GF’s karmic role in the universe is to do..and that is shopping, we moved on, to what is my favourite thing to do and that was to catch up on some more chitty chatty stuff while enjoying some delicious soup and chicken entrées. That’s all we could pack in anyway.
While at the restaurant my GF happened to see an old school teacher. I was as always enthusiastically waiting to greet her. My GF warned me about her certain 'Umway' connections but that didn't stop me, thinking, that at dinner she wouldn't be thinking of ‘netting’ people. So while my GF did the scoot and waited outside the restaurant, I went and said my hello and introduced myself, of course she remembered me, most teachers did and for good reasons, things I am proud of, mostly! She then asked me my marital status, haltingly asked me if I have a kid..i told her make that three..and after the disbelief (quite flattering) she asked me my number and invited herself home and that too for the very next day! And then it hit me in the face. I still live in the 80’s where love, loyalty, friendships even acquaintances were given their due. Here, in a world of churning the moolah, I was bleating like a goat waiting to be made ‘halal’ as my teacher not for the love of my kids (she said she wanted to see them and would come home the next day!) was out to get me on the ‘networking’/'multilevel marketting' bandwagon. My GF tells me later she has a chronic 'Umway' problem. It's just that forceful,strong,am gonna hound you marketting tactics that gets to me. Of course now, I am churning up excuses to avoid any further confrontation and I regretted getting myself into that avoidable FOOT in the Mouth moment!
Note to self: Avoid the call, no matter how rude it sounds. It’s better than lying through my teeth. What say teacher?
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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