Blurred out
For a few days now, I've had a 'relapse' of the flu (running nose, then blocked nose, sore throat etc) which I was suffering from a few weeks before, but never really recovered. Come to think about it, I am not surprised that I got hit again. So was groggy and all. Nonetheless, I went to meet a good friend from church, J, after work, to catch up. (By the way, this was J's suggestion that I should blog this for posterity....ha ha)
So there we were, having dinner and chatting, or what I could pass as chatting, since I guessed I must have been dreary company being slightly addled by the flu. J had earlier proclaimed she absolutely needed to have her chocolate fix, so after dinner, we adjourned to Coffee Club. Yadda yadda and time flew by. Before we know it, it was time to settle the dessert bill. Just as the waiter (and I emphasise on the masculine form of the word - as per J's 'instructions') handed me the bill to sign, he commented that the cologne / perfume I was wearing smelt nice.
Thinking that my nose problem had also caused my hearing to be 'congested', I merely asked, "Excuse me?". Thereupon the waiter repeated his comment about the perfume being nice-smelling. J and I flashed a quick look at each other, and I proceeded to settle the bill as nonchalantly as I could of course, and thanked the waiter for his 'compliments' and for the bill. The moment he left, both J and I goggled at each other and our jaws dropped. Totally floored by it. For the life of me, I could not figure out where on earth that came from. For the record, I was wearing Acqua di Gio (Homme) by Giorgio Armani (and I really like the scent too).
Just at this moment, I received an SMS from a friend who had 'out-ted' himself to me a while back and whom I have not met for a long time cos our schedules didn't allow for it. Some of the remarks made by J and I are really not meant to be put in print. Suffice to say, I was flammoxed for a while.
Is it really ok to compliment a male customer for his cologne / perfume? I think I need a double dose of healing and deliverance pronto this Sunday during service. *Sigh*
So there we were, having dinner and chatting, or what I could pass as chatting, since I guessed I must have been dreary company being slightly addled by the flu. J had earlier proclaimed she absolutely needed to have her chocolate fix, so after dinner, we adjourned to Coffee Club. Yadda yadda and time flew by. Before we know it, it was time to settle the dessert bill. Just as the waiter (and I emphasise on the masculine form of the word - as per J's 'instructions') handed me the bill to sign, he commented that the cologne / perfume I was wearing smelt nice.
Thinking that my nose problem had also caused my hearing to be 'congested', I merely asked, "Excuse me?". Thereupon the waiter repeated his comment about the perfume being nice-smelling. J and I flashed a quick look at each other, and I proceeded to settle the bill as nonchalantly as I could of course, and thanked the waiter for his 'compliments' and for the bill. The moment he left, both J and I goggled at each other and our jaws dropped. Totally floored by it. For the life of me, I could not figure out where on earth that came from. For the record, I was wearing Acqua di Gio (Homme) by Giorgio Armani (and I really like the scent too).
Just at this moment, I received an SMS from a friend who had 'out-ted' himself to me a while back and whom I have not met for a long time cos our schedules didn't allow for it. Some of the remarks made by J and I are really not meant to be put in print. Suffice to say, I was flammoxed for a while.
Is it really ok to compliment a male customer for his cologne / perfume? I think I need a double dose of healing and deliverance pronto this Sunday during service. *Sigh*
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