Anyway.... The guys who made my sandwich asked me at checkout, "Are you a student at Southern?"
I guess he planned to give me a discount if I was. About a half dozen things went through my head at once. I was flattered that he thought I looked like a college student, then annoyed that I still look that young. Then dubious, because he asked at all. "Uhh, yeah, I just walked out of summer class actually with my diamond nose stud and my questionable T-shirt with skulls on it, and drove over here to grab a sandwich." I didn't say that, of course, but it ran through my mind. Poor guy has obviously never set a toe on campus, either that or he is not too attentive to details. Ironically, I actually still have my old ID in my wallet, and I could have shown it to him and gotten a discount, but the thought never occurred to me, and even if it had, I wouldn't have. I might go ahead and hook up cable TV for free if Comcast forgets to turn it off, but I've never really had the desire to claim to be a student when I'm not. I'm very glad my academic career as a whole is over. That was kind of a funny moment in an otherwise (mostly) ordinary day though.
I guess he planned to give me a discount if I was. About a half dozen things went through my head at once. I was flattered that he thought I looked like a college student, then annoyed that I still look that young. Then dubious, because he asked at all. "Uhh, yeah, I just walked out of summer class actually with my diamond nose stud and my questionable T-shirt with skulls on it, and drove over here to grab a sandwich." I didn't say that, of course, but it ran through my mind. Poor guy has obviously never set a toe on campus, either that or he is not too attentive to details. Ironically, I actually still have my old ID in my wallet, and I could have shown it to him and gotten a discount, but the thought never occurred to me, and even if it had, I wouldn't have. I might go ahead and hook up cable TV for free if Comcast forgets to turn it off, but I've never really had the desire to claim to be a student when I'm not. I'm very glad my academic career as a whole is over. That was kind of a funny moment in an otherwise (mostly) ordinary day though.
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