I bet this will make you smile...

This is one of those "Boy, was my face red" type of story...

My son had an opportunity to go to the movies with his friends tonight and I was to drive them. I didn't want to go back to the hotel (we are in town for a competition, for 3 days) so I decided to go to Chapters (a book store) to "kill time".

Soon I found a book my colleagues were raving about, and started to read it to see what the hype was all about.

So, I'm sitting there in a comfy chair (it' one of those big bookstores with sofas and a coffee shop), and there is this soft Christmas music playing, the book is just amazing, and I'm flying through pages.

After a while, I began to notice that the ambiance is a bit off. There is something that truly bothers me... there is this noise, intense and annoying, not calm at all, like that Christmas music they had before.

There is a piano, and saxophone, and those string instruments that rip at your ears and drive you up the wall. (forgive me music lovers)

I sit there and still try to read, but it's no longer possible, the music bothers me more than I like to admit.

Thank goodness there is one of the clerks, walking by, putting books away... so I ask her quietly... "pardon me, would it be possible to change the music?"

Oh, it's the performers playing... we have a show... it's artists playing... --- she says!

HOLY COW! What do I do now, let me crawl under that sofa!

So, feeling my face turning bright red, I squeaked... "sorry, the music was suddenly so intense..., I thougth someone had changed the CD..."

She smiled and walked away, good thing I'm not from here... and most likely will not be shopping there again.

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-HUMBER