I'm going to keep this one brief.
I know that working in the theater business, you are likely to run into to people, people perhaps that you didn't really want to run into.
However. It is your job. You are paid to do this. So personal feelings aside, and I answer the phone as usual.
Typically a good reservation can be done in 3-5 minutes, but some days you get the people who really REALLY enjoy just talking.
This particular phone conversation went on for atleast 15 minutes...however the circumstances of the conversation made it seem like an eternity. I ask for their phone number (per usual) to pull up their file, and I realize that this person has the same last name of my ex.
Just because they have the same last name doesn't mean that it's his mom, it could be
just someone with the same last name, that happens, ya know!?
She tells me her son would really enjoy all the music of the play.
Okay, as far as I last knew, he did like this music, however maybe it's a possibility it's
not him...
She tells me she wants to bring her son for an early birthday present
Okay, sooo now her sons birthday happens to be the same month, turning
the age he is supposed to be turning...
WARNING: Now, this is when things get a little awkward, I know realized I was speaking to my ex's mother, but I didn't want to tell her or anything because I was at work, doing my job, and I kept figuring that the conversation would end, like it was supposed to 10 minutes ago.
She asks me about the bar next to the theater, she wants to know if there is a dance floor- her son LOVES to dance (shit) . I tell her I'm not old enough to be in the bar, so I don't know all that much about it. She then goes to tell me that I should meet her son, he's really a nice, cute boy. (Ummm, been there, done that, got the t-shirt) **insert awkward/nervous laughter here** She then asks about what high school I went to. (Shit, why didn't I lie). Then she asks if I had any older siblings that went there/ and their last name. ( Shit, am I really telling her my sisters name). THEN she asks to confirm my name again (Yes, you have just been talking to your sons ex girlfriend on the phone for the last 15 minutes, tried to set me up with him, and now are realizing...) "OOooh, Happy Blogger?- Bye"
Conversation didn't last all that much longer.
Cool.
Oh, did I mention that I work the doors the night that they were coming to the show?
Yeah...
Thank God, I was busy with another customer when they came through.
However, I did have to walk in last customer into our theater and the end, and I had to walk right past their table. I'll be honest, the revenge push up bra I bought the day before made me feel really good about myself. And I walked away all self righteous.
The end.
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-Happy Blogger
Episode 2 - A Bucket of Beeps
11 years ago