Hmmmmmm

Hmmmmmm

by Lynn D

Wondering about the title? Well I am referring to things that make you go hmmmmmm… You remember those. We all have them in our lives. Some of them are silly, some serious and some make us question our sanity and others too.

Here are some examples:

There is a main road that runs through the next big city from us, the city of Lacy. This road is primarily commercial and you see every business imaginable. One business area in particular would always give us a chuckle. We would be driving along and I would be reading signs, signs for a U-haul business, furniture stores then there would be a mini mall with all kinds of shops and in the long line up pops a sign that reads Adult Entertainment, Live Nudes. Well I for one always would think as opposed to Dead Nudes, Naked Mannequins what?? I am sure you have all had these thoughts.

What made this so comical was the sign underneath that shared sign space. It was Jin’s Exotic Plants. We would laugh our butts off! I then would wonder did Jin just put up a sign with no thought or was he/she so savvy, knowing that selling plants next to a strip joint might be a hard sell? Was he/she a genius or was it just a language barrier? It made me go hmmmmm… I always wished that I had taken a picture and could now kick myself for not doing so as both business are now gone.

Here is another hmmmm I have a tag on my curling iron that reads warning do not use on your eye lashes. Well my curling iron is one of the large barrel ones about 1 inch in diameter. Why in the hell would anyone use it on their eye lashes??? Hmmmmm… As I thought about it I realized that someone somewhere had to use their curling iron on their eye lashes and burned the holy hell out of their eye and eyelid and probably tried to sue the company. Why else would they have to put a specific warning about this use?

One more hmmm…? Ok awhile back a friend of mine called me and asked if I would drive to Tacoma with her as she had just received a call about her grandmother being admitted into the hospital. It was about 9:00 in the evening and she did not want to drive in the dark by herself going or coming back. Her husband was at work and would not be home until 2:00 in the morning. So I said sure. We made the drive and she got to see her grandmother and made sure all was well and found out she would be released the next day. She was much relieved and we gathered our things to go home.

In the elevator on the way down to the lobby of the hospital we both decided that we were hungry. My friend realized that she was short on cash and wanted to stop at a cash machine first. Well there was one right across from us as we got off of the elevator in the lobby. This lobby was deserted as it was now about 11:30 pm. Not a soul in sight. My friend proceeded to get the cash. As we stood in front of the cash machine she started to count her money that it had spit out at her. Halfway through her counting I started to laugh. She stopped and said to me “What are you laughing about?” I looked at her and said “If you were shorted who are you going to complain to?” She looked at me and said “What are you talking about?” I laughed again and said who are you going to complain to? She looked around and finally the light bulb went on and she started laughing! I told her these are the things I think about, you know those hmmmm… moments.

I have had this same question in my brain for a long time. If a cash machine shorts you or gives you the incorrect amount, who do you complain to? Machines are not infallible they have glitches and make mistakes all the time. At a bank you might be able to go inside and make the complaint but what about those freestanding ones in the mall or in isolated areas? Would they even take you seriously if you said you were shorted and you knew you were shorted but the machine says differently? See what I mean, it makes you go hmmmmmm….

I would like to hear from you, what makes you go hmmmm?