Would You Like?
By paigea
@paigea (36316)
Canada
November 27, 2015 10:21am CST
@NeldaHoxie made me think of this anecdote.
Once I was entering a department store in Montreal. I was holding my breath in preparation of getting past the perfume department as sometimes the scents can give me an instant headache.
There were several people entering so I easily avoided the young women carrying baskets of scented cards to hand out to customers.
Then I heard a man asking, "Would you like......?" (How do they automatically know to speak English to me?) He was holding a perfume spray bottle. I assumed he was going to say "Would you like a sample?" and spray me with it. And of course that is what he was going to do.
I put my hands up and jumped back startled. I said, "No!" a little too emphatically.
He said, "Ok, Ok you wouldn't like to have dinner with me. I get it."
I wish I had a quick wit like he did.
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
27 Nov 15
That's funny! See what you missed out on! Darn, where are those wits when you need 'em?
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
29 Nov 15
I always think of witty things to say after the fact. Well, maybe not witty things, but at least I can think of a reply afterward, but rarely at the right time.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
28 Nov 15
That is just too funny. You got to love a salesman with a sense of humor... I don't cruise often (twice in my life) but both times I was stuck in a elevator with a woman who bathed in perfume. Why does one do that? Do they really think they smell good? Scents used to bother me a lot, so much so I couldn't go into a candle shop and when given candles with scents - I re-gifted them.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
29 Nov 15
@paigea It may be there noses don't work so well anymore and they want to smell the lovely scent too. It could also be that they think they stink so bad they need the extra perfume. It could be many reasons. It may even be that they don't realize it's offensive to some people and less is better.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
27 Nov 15
I'm not fond of perfume either. At least he didn't spray you despite your protest.
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@allknowing (137553)
• India
27 Nov 15
Probably your reaction brought that out. How could he have thought that you were not into perfumes as no lady resents perfumes (lol)
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
2 Jan 16
@paigea OH, I see! Now tell me how you put that smiley face there.
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 Nov 15
My daughter gets headaches from perfumes too. It seems even I am more sensitive to strong scents now than I once was. That young man was quick witted.
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@shellyjaneo (1081)
• United Kingdom
27 Nov 15
Haha he obviously had a great sense of humor probably would have been worth trying to go to dinner with him hehe x
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
13 Dec 15
lol I am often much wittier after I have time to think about it a little.
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