Sky West and Furious / October 25 2007
I was back in Sky West today – the hairdressing establishment on the market place where, a few months ago, I made a young trainee cry.
It was the same girl this morning who laconically invited me to sit in her chair.
‘Embarrassing trim, please,’ I said, trying to sound jolly. She did not react at all and nothing more was said until it was time for me to leave.
‘I’m really sorry if I upset you the last time I was here,’ I told her, ‘I was having a bad day.’
‘I never saw anybody so angry,’ she said.
‘I wasn’t angry,’ I replied, ‘I was furious.’ She looked at me blankly. I tried another approach: ‘I saw you at the football match on the rec’ last Sunday. Do you support the village team?’
‘No,’ she said. ‘Do you?’
‘I don’t like football – I’ve never scored a goal in my life.’
‘I’m not surprised,’ she sniggered, pointedly. I have no idea what she meant by this.
‘Ah, touché!’ I said. I am fairly certain that she had no idea what I meant by my remark, either. I paid her and left quietly, feeling very awkward and unwelcome. I tripped on the pavement outside the shop and felt that this re-balanced the universe somewhat.
I told Nelson of my depressing conversation when I rang him later; but he only made me feel worse.
‘You’ve never won anything in sport, have you?’ he laughed.
‘It’s not the winning, Nel, it’s the taking part,’ I informed him.
‘You never take part,’ he said.
‘Well, it’s not the taking part,’ I replied, ‘It’s the sense of futile despair.’
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2 comments on “Sky West and Furious”
Nelson Galaxy / October 26th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Stop making people cry Nap. I have a knack of making people feel miserable - that’ll be my sense of futile despair.
Napoleon Fantastic / October 27th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Nelson, you have a knack for making people drunk. that’ll be your sense of drinking.
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