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The Guy in the Black Truck
One day I had this date with this guy, Bob. I said I would go out with him, but I asked him to take me to my dads pharmacy first because I needed to pick upp a prescription. Well, yes, he drove a black truck. I got out of the truck, right in front of the store, and since I was so familiar with the area, and can see a little, I did not take my cane. I eyeballed the parking strip to be sure I knew where we were parked and went into the store.
I got the prescription just fine. Then I went back out, still confident. But, oh no, there were two black trucks parked side by side. Well, I took my best educated guess and walked around to the passenger side of his black truck. I reached for the door handle and was about to get in. Then Bob came around and said "Hey Darian, you might want to come over here. I'm over here." You guessed it. I almost got into the wrong black truck. When I was getting into the right truck, the guy opened his door. He said, "I would have taken her home." When I got in Bob's truck he said, "You should have seen his face! You should have seen your face!"
We used to have a very funny TV show where you could win money for the funniest home video. Too bad the tape was not rolling. hahahahahahahaha!
The Shopping Trip
When I was in eighth grade, I went to the school for the blind in Oregon. I brought my best friend home for the weekend. That Saturday, my girlfriend and I went to work with my dad, and we went walking around the shopping center, um window shopping. Both of us had some vision, and we refused to use our canes.
We looked through one window and saw clothes hanging in the shop so we went in. We walked around, feeling the clothes, and talking about them. Then a clerk came up to us and said, "May I help you?"
My friend said, "No, we're just browsing." And the clerk said to us, "Well, this is a dry cleaners.". You should have seen how fast we turned and ran out of there!