smarty

Now, since I'm a blond, I get thrown into the "dumb blond" category every once in a while. So when someone comes up to my window at work and says "You look smart today" I look over my shoulder to see who he's talking about.

Can he be referring to the girl with short blond hair standing in front of him?

Me?

I wasn't even wearing my glasses today!



I always thought that people who wear glasses look smarter than those who don't. Especially if they are those dark, rectangle frames (which I am proud to say I own a pair of!)

I laugh politely as I realize he is talking to me, and he says, "You must have had your Wheaties today." If by Wheaties you mean a gallon of coffee, then yes, I had my Wheaties today.

So, I guess this is what smart looks like...

Well, maybe minus the cheeky look. Anyways, this is how I looked today to elicit the random comment from an almost stranger. 

I kept wondering if there was a reason as to why he commented on my IQ. Like maybe he had a difficult question to ask or a hard transaction to do. The whole time I'm helping him, it's like I was waiting for the punch line of a joke. 

But it never came.

I get to the end of the transaction and I'm still waiting for... something... I'm not exactly sure what. Closure? An explanation for the smarty comment? The bus? I don't know, but the whole situation just seemed a little off. 

I guess with all the questions going through my mind I got distracted. He looks at me, head tilted slightly, and says, "Uh, bye now" before I recover from my musings and realize there never was a specific point for me to get. 

"Yeah, right, bye! Um, have a good day."

I guess maybe this blond just read too much into the situation and got lost in her own world. And maybe I just proved why no one has ever commented on how smart I look before. 

Oh well. At least I looked smart for a second. 

(And without my glasses, too)

the end.