Thursday, March 18, 2010

Caroline in the City?


I take the bus to and from work every day. It's at least a half hour commute, providing ample time for awkward encounters. Here's what happened yesterday. One detail before we start, my name is Natalie.

Random man: Hey Caroline, how's it going?
Me: (No response)
Random man: Hey! Hey, are you Caroline?
Me: No.
Random man: Are you sure you aren't Caroline?
Me: Yes.
Random man: You do look a lot like Caroline.
Me: Oh.

Yet another reason to have a bicycle.

20 comments:

  1. I used to ride the bus to work...and i feel your pain.

    although it is fun to laugh at other's encounters.

    haha
    monica

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  2. Oh dear! I think you should move back south, then we won't have to worry about you!

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  3. Katelyn, there are weirdos everywhere. That's what makes this country so great. ;)

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  4. Oh my gosh how FUNNY! I love it! "are you sure you aren't Caroline?" Hehe :)

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  5. LoL! This gave me a nice chuckle. We don't have a bus system (too small of a town) but when I was in Italy we rode the trains and there were definitely some characters on board!

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  6. Haha I work downtown and get approached with all sorts of stuff when walking around. It makes me never want to leave my office!

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  7. Hahaha, this made me giggle. Oh, random encounters with strange men :)

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  8. From one Natalie to another...that story made me giggle. :)

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  9. funny! I had a guy try to fall asleep on my shoulder once while I was riding the bus...ugh!

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  10. haha! I take the bus everyday too and ohhhh the adventures on Metro. Always something!

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  11. A guy once started talking to me on the subway and said "sweetie what's your name?" so I said "Lauren" and he goes "no! NO! you ain't no Lauren! you know you don't look like no lauren!" and it was quite the awkward moment.

    Gotta love NY:)

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  12. hahaha- this is priceless. Maybe you do look like a Caroline, are you sure you aren't her? :)
    Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  13. So very strange! I love how you had to insist you weren't Caroline several times before he took your word. It's like he was waiting for your to change your mind...

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  14. Ha! As a fellow Seattle bus rider, I so enjoyed to hear of your random encounter. I once had a man spontaneously compose a poem to me, entitle "My White Queen." It was before 8AM and he smelled like Old English Malt Liquor. It did make me feel very special though....

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