Wednesday, September 7, 2011

In which children don't get movie references

The other day two ten-ish year-old girls came through my line. They were buying milk, eggs and fabric softener. HA! No, actually they were buying various things that kids normally don't buy. Like milk and other shit. Anyway, I didn't see a parent around or anything and they had a $20 bill, and since their total was more than $20, they had to take a couple of things off...No big deal...So I ring them up, give them their change then lean in and ask them, "So, you guys, you're not in some type of Home Alone situation where your parents went on vacation and forgot to bring you with, right?" So then these girls just narrow their eyes, look at me and say, "Our parents...are at... HOME". And that's when I realize that they probably didn't get the reference and I was coming off like a creeper. But I still think their parents went on vacation and forgot them at home. For the record.
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4 comments:

  1. PaulaSeptember 8, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    HaHa! I would have asked the same thing!

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  2. VVSeptember 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    Oh that's awesome. My husband and I just had a conversation about the fact that, all of a sudden, we must be old. A 20-ish person we were speaking to had no idea who Vanna White was.

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  3. Susan Bodendo/Super EarthlingSeptember 23, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    At a recent business dinner gathering, I mentioned something about Cary Grant and three 20 or 30-something people at the table (2 women & 1 man) said, "Who?" My jaw dropped. They'd never heard of him! :-o

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  4. JennieSeptember 23, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    You could have made the slap face to reinforce the reference :)

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