Five years ago, I bought my first house and my family came over to help me move. I paid for food and beer in thanks. Later, we decided to go and get some ice cream at a local Baskin Robins.
I was maybe 29/30 at the time, and there were two 18/19 year olds behind the counter - one guy and one girl. As is customary, I wanted to try one or two flavors before making a selection. I asked to try the peppermint flavor. The guy looked at me, smirked, and said, 'You're not going to like it.' The girl, standing next to the guy, looked at him and smiled a knowing smile. I paused for a solid 15 seconds or more, trying my hardest to figure out if this was a genuine statement, reverse psychology to keep me from trying lots of different flavors, or otherwise. Ultimately, I decided to call his bluff and got the peppermint ice cream.
I liked it well enough. I enjoyed it, even. But, to this day, I have no idea if I outplayed him. I have a feeling that, no matter what I did, I still would have lost - if not because I bested him in a game of wits, then because why the fuck would I care if a kid was fucking with me?
And who the hell cares about this kind of thing after so long?!
SalvaStalker on March 19th, 2021 at 12:49 UTC »
"You look good today, OP."
"Uuuhh, thanks, I guess."
Ten years later
"Wait a minute, was he mocking me?!"
ActuallyOKzzz on March 19th, 2021 at 13:40 UTC »
Homer Slow Moment
Moonchopper on March 19th, 2021 at 14:28 UTC »
Five years ago, I bought my first house and my family came over to help me move. I paid for food and beer in thanks. Later, we decided to go and get some ice cream at a local Baskin Robins.
I was maybe 29/30 at the time, and there were two 18/19 year olds behind the counter - one guy and one girl. As is customary, I wanted to try one or two flavors before making a selection. I asked to try the peppermint flavor. The guy looked at me, smirked, and said, 'You're not going to like it.' The girl, standing next to the guy, looked at him and smiled a knowing smile. I paused for a solid 15 seconds or more, trying my hardest to figure out if this was a genuine statement, reverse psychology to keep me from trying lots of different flavors, or otherwise. Ultimately, I decided to call his bluff and got the peppermint ice cream.
I liked it well enough. I enjoyed it, even. But, to this day, I have no idea if I outplayed him. I have a feeling that, no matter what I did, I still would have lost - if not because I bested him in a game of wits, then because why the fuck would I care if a kid was fucking with me?
And who the hell cares about this kind of thing after so long?!