I GOTZ A GIRLFRIENDZ

In the Spring of 2009, I was servicing a customer named Tito (fake name). He was tall, built with fat, and black. He dropped off a polo-shirt with so much glitz and glimmer for dry cleaning.

He returned again this year.

Flashback to 2008: While I was filling out his dry-cleaning ticket, he would ask me questions about myself. Questions such as my name, if I am always working here, what I am studying, and so on. I answered the questions like a jackass because I probably wasn't thinking.

When Tito left, my co-worker left, and then the phone rang. I look at the caller i.d and there is Tito's name. My initial thought was *he must have forgotten something*, I pick up the phone and the convo went something like this:

Me: Hello?
Tito (Ti): Hi, may I speak to Laundry Girl?
Me: Speaking.
Ti: Well I was there just a while ago and I couldn't ask you this because your co-worker was around. First off, I want to let you know that you are cute and I was wondering if we can go out together.
Me: Oh, I am sorry. I have a boyfriend.
Ti: It's cool. I'm not asking you to leave your boyfriend. I'm just asking us to hang out. You seem funny and all, thas all.
Me: He is strict, sorry.
Ti: Well, he can come too if you want.
Me: Well, the other thing is I can't date customers. It is store policy (bullshit!).
Ti: Hold up, yall got a policy?
Me: Yes, you see... there used to be an incident and I got a stalker and then I had to fill out paperwork.
Ti: I promise I won't do anything to you. Here's my nu...
-I cut him off-
Me: Oh, I have your number because of your caller Id! I'll call you back when we can hang out ok?
Ti: Aight, don't lose the number.
Me: Bye.
-click- I hang up.

My co-worker asked what that was all about and I told her and she laughed. I never did call him back nor did I bother to save the number. Since then, he didn't show up to drop off anything. Until today, 2010.

Time to fast foward!

He shows up today and drops off his clothes as if nothing happened and as if he has been coming here for a very long time. He starts to chat it up with me and I was being cautious. After servicing him, on his way out he said "Oh, by the way, I gotz a girlfriendz." I just cocked my head to the right and said "ok."

Seriously? Like seriously?! Why would I care if a customer that doesn't mean much to me, has a girl friend? Did I miss something like you are epic? Or a mutant? Or something spectacular and I just didn't see it?! Why!? Just why!? I was pounding my head with that today until I decided to cool it and just go on with the quiet day.

Well actually... I do know why... I had this deep burning urge of love for him. So deep, that it went past hell, around the corner, and down the stairs. My god did I miss a great catch. I have his number and I should save it for one of those drunk dialing moments. Ugh, excuse me while I cut off the tag of his ghetto ass polo shirt and make my shrine of him. -eye roll-