What must they think of me?

I had an interesting experience today, when at the booty shop. Not like that ever happens but today was strangely different. Usually it's a bee hive of activity, with clients coming and going, some under the dryer while others are getting their hair styled. Today, though, it was more quiet. 


Normally conversation flows smoothly as Barb tells me what her grandson is up to, her daughter getting a job, or her own cancer battle going on. It might have been the time of day which affected the 'room'..but it was hushed, for the most part. Not me, of course, though. One lady was under the dryer and then was styled out by Susan, leaving just us three ladies in the shop, with the two operators interested in the soap opera on TV. Aha! That's it!!! That is what was distracting them....


Barb asked me how Justin was doing, so I said he was doing well, working now four days a week doing landscaping and one day for his father. I also told how we went on a date to the movies Saturday, going to the cheap show. Susan wanted to know how I liked the movie, once I told which one we saw, but didn't want to me ruin it for her. 


What I did share with the two ladies was how the camera movement made me motion sick so I cautioned them to use a medication first in order to watch with more than only their ears. It was more intense than I would have expected for being geared toward teens and older, but I guess they would know what was coming if reading the books first. 


Then, I told Barb how I called my toes lady in Middleburg, Lisa W., to see if she is still working. Nope, she can't do feet right now because she can't bend over. Barb wondered if it was due to a back injury but I assured her it was a baby in the way of her bending. As I told Lisa, 'Welcome to my world!', not bending in the middle anymore!!! The ladies laughed, knowingly, having been pregnant themselves at one time and not being able to bend. Barb suggested I lift my leg way up so Lisa wouldn't have to bend over, and I said, "If I could do that, I would do my own feet!"


THEN, Barb asked me if I ever saw the movie, "Bridesmaids". Quickly I replied I had not and likely never would, hearing reports that it was 'vile'. Both ladies responded that they found it funny, especially when the heavy set 'star' put her foot up six feet into the air in a doorway, blocking someone's path. It was the being heavy yet able to swing her leg up like that which made Barb think of it. 


My response rather stunned them, I guess no one ever said they did not see a movie due to its content before. They defended it, sort of, indicating that was the female version of "The Hangover" which I also indicated I would never see. I told how my friend went by herself to see "The Hangover", then told me never to see it because it was so vulgar and "stupid". She also reported she laughed her fool head off, in spite of it.


This probably had them feeling a bit uncomfortable but I did assuage them somewhat by saying I made an exception for "The King's Speech". Neither of them had seen this movie. I was informed by my dear church friend that it would be okay, and only in a 'necessary' fashion was foul language used.


As I was paying my for my haircut, I mentioned to Barb how shocked and disappointed my sister and I were when we went with the church ladies on a bus trip to see "The Jersey Boys", finding out only as we handed our tickets that there was foul language AND smoking in this show. If anyone knew about this, I was not aware. But smoking on stage? What? Are you serious? I'm appalled!