Hmmm

Alright, this is probably odd to be talking about this at this stage, but it’s too funny to not write about while it’s fresh in my mind.

We did some rearranging in our office Friday, and i was now sitting next to a lady that I’d only met in passing once or twice. I was wearing jeans and my sandals (ok, they’re 3-inch heels, & not near as flashy as some of the ladies’ shoes that day). Late in the day, while i was walking back to my desk, she took a look at me and then commented, ‘you walk funny!!’ She then swaggered away and walked back, mimicking how i walked.

Walk funny? How? Admittedly, when i first came to Houston, i walked ‘like a truck driver’, swagger and all. It’s been some time since i’ve moved like that.

While in Los Angeles back in September, traffic slowed down as i was walking down the street in my cut-offs and sandals, and i got any number of catcalls & car honks as well. A co-worker, not five minutes before this lady made her comment, complimented me on how i was walking. More than once i’ve had men compliment me on how i walked, one man going so far as to say that i had ‘the prettiest walk he’d ever seen’.

And this girl is telling me that i walked funny? It was absolutely laughable. I just smiled, and said that i’d been complimented any number of times about how i walk, and what could possibly be the problem? It’s almost too bad we were in the workplace, though. “I walk like a slut, what’s the possible problem with that? I am a slut!” is what i was really tempted to say to her. Sometimes being PC is awfully inconvenient.

After i got off work i gave Master Rick a call to share it with him. It was just too funny not to share with someone who understood my stance on the matter. He laughed every bit as hard as i had, saying that i should have said, “I walk pleasingly.” The whole thing is laughable.

shayla