SCORPIONS AT THE MOVIE THEATER

ANOTHER TIME I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE A BAND...THIS WHOLE SITUATION WAS RIDICULOUS. I USED TO WORK AT THE MOVIE THEATER DURING THE DAY BUT SOMETIMES ENDED UP WORKING ALL DAY CUZ PEOPLE WOULD CALL OFF AND THE MANAGER WOULD ASK ME TO STAY  OR PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME TO COVER THEIR SHIFT...THIS PARTICULAR TIME A GIRL THAT WORKED WITH ME OLGA ASKED ME IF I COULD COVER HER SHIFT CUZ SHE WANTED TO GO SEE A SCORPIONS CONCERT...SO I WAS LIKE YA SURE....AND SO...IT GETS TO THE END OF THE NIGHT AND THE LAST MOVIE IS STARTING SOON...IT WAS TOOTSIE. A BUNCH OF GUYS WITH GERMAN ACCENTS CAME  TO ORDER SOME STUFF. ONE GUY SAID DO YOU HAVE BEER HERE...ANOTHER ASKED FOR WINE...I WENT INTO A SORT OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE  BELUSHI THING THINKING OF COKE NO PEPSI...I WAS LIKE COKE NO BEER, NO WINE....COKE OR SPRITE OR ORANGE....THEY SEEMED SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ALCOHOL. THEY SAID THEY HAD IT AT MOVIE THEATERS BACK HOME. I WAS SURPRISED. I NEVER HEARD OF MOVIE THEATERS SELLING ALCOHOL...THEN THEY WERE ASKING WHAT SIZE POPCORN I HAD...WE WERE JOKING AROUND BACK AND FORTH AND I NOTICED AN USHER CLOSED ONE OF THE DOORS AND THE PREVIEWS HAD STARTRED AND I WAS LIKE GUYS YOU GOTTA MAKE UP YOUR MINDS WHAT YOU WANT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT TO START...YOU'RE GONNA MISS THE BEGINNING...TRYING TO HURRY THEM ALONG TO GET IN THERE ON TIME...THEY KEPT JOKING AROUND FINALLY DECIDED WHAT THEY WANTED AND I JOKINGLY SAID YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE AN ACT AND THEY SAID WE DO...AND I SAID YA SURE YOU DO...WELL YOU SHOULD... AND THEY FINALLY WENT IN TO SEE THEIR MOVIE....NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT I SAW A PICTURE OF THE SCORPIONS AND I WAS LIKE OH NO...THERE'S DO YOU HAVE BEER...THERE'S DO YOU HAVE WINE....THAT WAS THEM AND OLGA ASKED ME TO COVER HER SHIFT SO SHE COULD SEE THEIR CONCERT....IF SHE HAD WORKED THAT NIGHT SHE COULD HAVE MET THEM..VERY STRANGE COINCIDENCE...WEIRD STUFF HAPPENING IS BY NO MEANS UNUSUAL IN MY LIFE...HA HA...BUT IT MAKES AN INTERESTING STORY AFTER THE FACT...I THINK...ANYWAYS KINDA SORTA MET THE SCORPIONS WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THEY WERE...JUST JOKING AROUND WITH THEM LIKE I DID WITH  EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO SEE THE MOVIES....

Author's Notes/Comments: 

AFTER SHARING THE CARS MEMORY I THOUGHT OF ANOTHER TIME A BAND CAME IN SOMEWHERE I WORKED THAT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE....IT WAS A WEIRD SITUATION AFTER THE FACT REALIZING WHO THEY WERE CUZ I WAS COVERING A SHIFT FOR A GIRL WHO WANTED TO SEE THEIR CONCERT AND TAKE THE NIGHT OFF AND IF  SHE HAD TO WORK SHE WOULD HAVE MET THEM THAT NIGHT...OH WELL...SHE ENJOYED THE CONCERT...BUT I STILL WISH SHE COULD HAVE MET THEM. SHE WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHO THEY WERE....

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