2 posts tagged “people”

I live on the 10th floor. I got in the elevator and there was a man already in it, who was slightly familiar to me. There are 12 floors but the 12th is a "penthouse" suite that the apartment manager lives in, so I knew he had to be from the 11th floor.

Man: "would you like me to come by sometime and clean your bathroom?"
me: staring at the man for 2 or 3 seconds
me: "uh, no thanks, I'm good"
Man: "you sure? stuff from mine is always falling down to yours so I wouldn't mind cleaning it"

This is where I finally realized he said balcony and not bathroom. And he does drop crap on my balcony, most recently liquid (I'm assuming water because he has plants). He lives above me and over one. One time his patio umbrella thing (what're those called?) fell onto my balcony and I went out and handed it back up to him. Right now there are a couple slowly deflating balloons on my balcony which I assume are his. And I think one time he gave me a bunch of apricots.

me: "no, it's okay"
Man: "it's really not a problem"
me: "it's alright, I never go out on my balcony anyway"
Man: "well if I cleaned it then you could go out on your balcony!"
me: "heh, I suppose, but I still wouldn't go out"
Man: "alright, if you're sure, I just feel bad"
me: "I don't mind, really"
Thankfully the elevator trip was over then.

I mean, c'mon, even if I DID care that he was messing up my balcony, why would I even consider inviting a strange man into my apartment? How did he think that would come across?

What is the quickest false assumption people make about you?
Submitted by JJ.

That I'm a teenager.