page 111, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
i chose the word "expensive" from the second line of the page. and speaking of expensive, this car, as we all know is expensive - expensive to keep, insurance-wise, maintenance-wise, and all that is wise.
so next thing you know i'm telling you a story from when i was about 19 and was working my first job in an office where everyone who had an important position was older than 50. my then best-friend liked to be wined and dined and the old men at the office were just willing to be seen in the company of mini-skirted young dudettes like us. best-friend also liked riding in mercedes benz and two of the old folks (we called them DOM as in dirty old men) asked to take us to dinner. best-friend said we should go, we can take care of ourselves. sure we went out with the olds. but one of them tried to kiss me probably thinking i was game. i was game but not that way, so i was really pissed. what did i do the next day? went to the office garage/shop, looked for the biggest nail i could find - about 5 or 6 inches, i called them "crucifixion' brads - borrowed a hammer and drove the nail right on top of the hood of the old man's mercedes, to the amazement and horror of the mechanics. as soon as i did that, it dawned on me i could get fired. but, at 19 you think you can do anything. old man, it turned out, was afraid of his wife, he'd rather explain (or lie) to his wife how he got the hole on his mercedes' hood, or face a committee of disciplinarians and be embarrassed if i had filed a complaint.
he told me he liked girls who are feisty. i told him i wanted to punch his face and i did. bloody nose and all, he told the management not to fire me because i was just a little 'misguided'. you'd think he learned his lesson? for the five years i worked there, he never let up, asking me to be his mistress, and every time he did, his car would have a smashed window, or a flat tire, or a smashed head light. the last time he tried (and he would ask me right there at the office, asked for extra help on something when all his intention was to proposition me), i bought a gallon of pig's blood at the nearby market and poured it all over his shiny white mercedes benz. i told him the next time i would set his damn mercedes on fire. that white mercedes took a lot of beating from me.
been writing, but i will catch up with everyone's postings tomorrow. now i shall lay me down to sleep.
Love how your name is on the front plate of the car -- and I am laughing my head off at your story!! GOOD FOR YOU!!! And the stupid DOM just couldn't let go, could he? Not real bright in some regards -- got to admire him for his taste in young dudettes on the other hand -- !! What a great story! Love that you just kept beating on his car -- he deserved it!
@karenann - of course it didn't help that i was sooo hotheaded when i was young. i've mellowed now, but still, people who know me know it would be beneficial for them not to piss me off. tee-hee! thank you.
@crickle1969 - i love mercedes, too! but that would be my aunt mercedes hehehe! thank you, crickle.
@cscecil - "got to admire him for his taste" - that's what my boss (a woman) always told me, everytime i get called to personell for trashing the old guy's mercedes. thank you, CS.
@danig - you know, i'm very easy to get along with, in fact. but when i get pissed, especially during my young days, i am like a miniature attila the hun. tee-hee-hee! thanks, DG.
Good one When I had the restaurant a customer came to tell me one of my waitresses was rude to them,on hearing her story that he had tried to grab/touch her I asked him and he's table to get up and leave ..He couldn't believe it and they left wowing never to come back there agin.
@steeler - you had a restaurant? oh, that's a revelation. so got to ask you this question: what is it you can't do or not good at? because you seem to be good/better/best at everything!!
good for you, howard, for standing up for your people. during my time, there was no 'human rights' or 'equal treatment', especially in what was once considered a "backward" country. where i worked was a government office and while 99% of the people got in because they knew someone, i got hired for my skills, so i didn't have to act like i owe anyone a favour for having that job. management left me alone probably because they knew i could fend for myself and my boss could see i did my job very well. but that shouldn't have been the case. i'm glad that these days one does not have to resort to things like i did to get even or to defend themselves. recalling it now, i think i was so nervy having done what i did. but i fight fair and square. to me it was an insult to be asked to be a mistress. now if it was robert redford or paul newman who had asked, that's another matter. :-))
good hot...brilliant, funny story! guess you were feisty like me (I knocked a guy out once....he walked up behind me and grabbed by breasts - so I turned round, grabbed the front section of his hair and brought his forehead down to meet my rapidly rising knee). Ha! don't mess with these ladies :-)
@crickle1969 - i love mercedes, too! but that would be my aunt mercedes hehehe! thank you, crickle.
@cscecil - "got to admire him for his taste" - that's what my boss (a woman) always told me, everytime i get called to personell for trashing the old guy's mercedes. thank you, CS.
@danig - you know, i'm very easy to get along with, in fact. but when i get pissed, especially during my young days, i am like a miniature attila the hun. tee-hee-hee! thanks, DG.
@altadc - ya think?!? :-) thanks, alta.
good for you, howard, for standing up for your people. during my time, there was no 'human rights' or 'equal treatment', especially in what was once considered a "backward" country. where i worked was a government office and while 99% of the people got in because they knew someone, i got hired for my skills, so i didn't have to act like i owe anyone a favour for having that job. management left me alone probably because they knew i could fend for myself and my boss could see i did my job very well. but that shouldn't have been the case. i'm glad that these days one does not have to resort to things like i did to get even or to defend themselves. recalling it now, i think i was so nervy having done what i did. but i fight fair and square. to me it was an insult to be asked to be a mistress. now if it was robert redford or paul newman who had asked, that's another matter. :-))
@pamfromcalgary - pam, if i had a gun that time, heaven knows what i would have done. haha! thanks, pam.