So I have worked a number of different jobs in my life. Throughout the years I have encountered a number of incidents that have just stuck with me. Some were just ridiculously funny. Others were just baffling. I’ve decided to share a few of those here for your enjoyment.
I spent several years working at hotels. Usually I worked the overnight shift as something called a “night auditor.” The pay was usually a bit more than the day shift, and I didn’t have to deal with quite as many people. However, the people I did see were very often very… interesting.
This particular night was mostly uneventful. That is, until a man walked in. What made this man interesting was that he was very obviously a man wearing women’s clothing. This was in the early 2000’s, so it was a bit more uncommon to see this in my part of suburbia. I’m not one to judge, so I just smiled and greeted him as I would anyone else. He asked me, not bothering to disguise his natural voice, where the bathroom was. I pointed him in that direction and went back to what I was doing.
Several minutes later the same man returned. He was no longer dressed in women’s clothing, but in rather average jeans and flannel shirt. He had washed his makeup off and had removed the wig. It honestly took me a few moments to realize it was the same man.
He came up to the desk and said, “I have a really strange question for you.”
Considering what I had just seen, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I just said, “Okay.”
He then placed his hands on the desk and said, “How do I get these off. I put them on with superglue.”
He had bright red false nails superglued on. Now, I wasn’t quite ready for that, so all I could do was blink as I stared at his hands. But I was trying to think of the best way to remove them. His next words made my mind go blank.
“I can’t go home to my wife like this.”
There was a full minute of me saying umm and uhhh until I was able to get my thoughts back in order. But I did give him the best advice I could, wished him well, and sent him on his way.