August 2, 2008Reader story ~ The “Merrill Reunion”
Last week I was in Pine Bluff, AR and I drive by the Conference Center and, on the marquee, it says, “Merrill Runion 7-9 PM” So, I think to myself, I would really like to meet her. She is probably giving some sort of seminar here tonight - I’ll drop in and introduce myself.
About 20 minutes into it, I realized that I was the only person of my race there, and everyone was looking at me funny. I thought it was weird that I didn’t have to check in or buy a ticket, but I grabbed some appetizers and sat down anyway.
I asked a passer-by when Merrill was going to start speaking and they didn’t know what I was talking about. So, I re-read the sign from the window and realized it said, “Merrill Reunion”
2 Comments »
RSS feed for comments on this post.
| TrackBack URI
You can also bookmark
this on del.icio.us or check the cosmos
LOL!!! Thank you for sharing what must have been an embarrassing moment for you. Just want you to know you’re willingness to share your story brought me a chuckle in the middle of a stressful day. I can too easily imagine myself in your situation because I’ve been in similar situations. I’m my own best entertainment on most days — but today you provided me a good laugh!
Comment by Kristi Leinneweber — August 4, 2008 @ 11:24 am
Yes, thank you for sharing this funny story!
I also think it’s an interesting commentary on how we all read (and hear) not what we want to, but what we expect to. Not only do we need to be alert for that in ourselves, but we also need to try to anticipate it among our audience.
Comment by Jaclyn — August 4, 2008 @ 1:30 pm