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March 27, 2006
I was at Panera
Well, maybe not Panera. I don't really eat there. For the sake of protecting the involved parites I've fictionalized this account of a a conversation I overheard. My booth was separated from the conversationalists by plants.
First Woman: My neighbor, Pat, has been saying unkind thing about me to some of the other mom's in the neighborhood.
Second Woman: Pat!? Isn't she the one who caught you going away for the weekend with her husband?
FW: Yea, but ...
SW: Do you think, maybe, she's a bit pissed about that?
FW: Yea, but ... how did you know about that?
SW: It's a small town.
A short period of silence
SW: How are things going in your Sunday School class.
FW: Good. I really enjoy being a Sunday School Teacher.
I stood to leave and gave the women a nod. "Mrs. Smith ... Mrs. Jones," I said as I passed.
A longer period of silence followed my some murmuring I couldn't make out as the gals had finally figured out how to whisper.
Posted by delmer at March 27, 2006 10:40 AM
Comments
Panera must be a popular place for these inappropriate public conversations, because I had a similar experience ten days ago. I blogged that conversation here:
http://missyisms.typepad.com/missyisms/2006/03/not_your_place.html
Posted by: Missy at March 27, 2006 1:53 PM
Ahh. I must've George Harrisoned your Panera location (that is, subconciously lifted a bit of it).
I moved my story from someplace else to Panera (to protect the innocent). I wasn't sure why I picked Panera ... but I did read your blog entry ... so I must have stolen, er, sampled a portion of it.
Posted by: delmer at March 27, 2006 8:43 PM
LOL -- whispering is an art form that most do not quite get ;)
Posted by: Angela Giles Klocke at March 28, 2006 7:16 AM
There's so much wrong in that conversation you overheard, I don't even know where to begin.
It's weird how everyone else calls it Panera. Since Panera is a St. Louis company, it's called St. Louis Bread Company here.
Posted by: The Phoenix at March 28, 2006 3:09 PM