Hawaiian Poge

Be aggressive, be be aggressive.

So, those of you who know me know how rude and aggressive I can tend to be. Well, it happened again.  I was out with my Mom and David and some friends last week and I asked a woman if she could move down a seat so that I could sit by David. And apparently I did it in my mean rude way without even realizing.  “Um, excuse me M’aam. I’m sorry to interrupt but would you mind moving over one seat so I can sit with my family?”

She moved and said no problem.  When I sat next to her she asked where I was from,  a common enough question around here and I so I said, “I live here now but I’m from New York”. To which she responds, “That’s what I thought”.

What?

“Well, you know, I had you pegged for the East Coast”.

I thought for a minute, and then asked if I’d been rude or something, and she said, ‘Well, yeah, you were really aggressive, but that’s just what you people are like. I’m from California and we’re much nicer and more laid back.”

I racked my brain for if I could’ve possibly been rude and then realized I may have been a little concise when I asked her, so I apologized and thanked her again for moving.

“It’s okay” she said, “That’s just how you are. We’re just different. That’s all. It’s okay. ”

So there you have it.  I’ll just have to deal with it I suppose, and resign myself to being aggressive.

(It did make me feel tough though.)

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