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Another Thing Actually Said, But Not To Me This Time…

Remember last week’s actual thing actually said to me?

Well this week may have topped it, but at least it wasn’t me.

Group of us were having lunch together. In comes my friend. She’s sporting a super short haircut. Pretty cool, I thought.

Waitress came over and saw her haircut and got really excited about it: “OH WOW! That’s…! What inspired you?!?!”

My friend, with a big smile: “It’s called ‘chemo’…”

The waitress, was, of course, as mortified as John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda and apologized profusely.

Turns out my friend who had been walking through the city and a homeless man had said “Good morning sir” despite the big hoop earrings and, oh, yeah, boobs.

So the waitress’ comment was actually quite a boost to my friend, who took it as a compliment that someone thought she had chosen to wear her hair that short.

(In the six years I’ve known her, and the ~3 that she’s been undergoing treatment, this is the first time I had ever seen her without her wig, so it’s obviously a big step for her.)

Sometimes life gives you a little smile even in the midst of a shitty situation.