I was not born yesterday
I have the sweetest siblings. All younger and all full of so much personality. There is quite literally never a dull moment with them but one of them just recently tried me. She is 7 years old and was acting like I was just a few days shy of 5. She must have thought that I was the literal booboo and the actual fool. She had to have been convinced that I was a clown.
So I asked sis to shower. She went outside to play with her friends and came back smelling like an 86 degree October evening. ATL, get it together. So of course, like the big sister I am, I asked that she take a shower immediately. Sis said “of course” and I thought that was the end of that conversation.
SO an H O U R later, I go into the bathroom to find my sister wrapped in a towel looking drier than a sew-in that hadn't been conditioned in seven weeks. So I asked her “Did you shower?” at this point, she could have gracefully accepted her L and took a level 1 punishment BECAUSE I wouldn't ask the question if I didn't know the answer. She passed on the level 1 and answered “ well, of course” HAHAHA, well of course? So I touched her shoulder...and there had not been a drop of water on her. I could tell. So I asked her “Why are you so dry?”
This woman had the nerve to elevate to level 2 disrespect as she responded “well, I have been here for 20 minutes so guess I'm just dry.” So it's one thing to think I was born yesterday, it's another thing to insult my intelligence...but what ensued was just simple disregard for any minute I had spent on earth learning the fundamentals of common sense.
I go and look in the tub. DRY. Not one single drop of water. I touch the soaps. ALL dry. Wash cloths...you guessed it. DRY. I do all this in front of her to make a point and to add insult to injury, she hops over level 3 and skips past level 4 AND AUTOMATICALLY reaches level 5 of disrespect. This girl turned into a grammy winning actress. He face had an intense level of confusion and distress all over it. She started pacing in the bathroom, looked into the tub and uttered “I don't know how that happened”.
GIRL, i do. You didn't shower and thats what happened. So at this point, I am astonished that she is astonished and she's upset that the bathroom turned into a blow dryer and sucked away all her evidence.
Long story long, she has no phone anymore and she has sat here beside me and read as I recounted this story.
Incredible I tell you. Kids these days are incredible.
Until Next time Friends.