Kayla's Blind Date From Hell

Kayla's Date Ordered a $25,000 Bottle Of Wine Then Escaped Out The Men's Room Window & Stuck Her With The Bill.

Merry Christmas!

You Ever Had a Parent Tell You Who To Date?

Yes or No.

You Should Get a Chuckle out of this Story.

A Marketing Client Told me this Blind Date Story about his Brother Tom.

Tom is an Affluent Artist.

He Carves Full Size Animals for Rich Patrons... Including Dictators and Oil Rich Arab Sheiks.

Tom Has Grown To HATE the Beautiful Spoiled Wives, Daughters, Mistresses His Customers Buy Gifts For.

WHY?

Because These Women Keep Changing their Minds. Basic Communication is Full of holes. So imagine Tom -- 1000's of miles away. Trying to Carve a Full Size Horse -- (Gotta Be An Arabian) Hobby Horse for a Sheiks Daughter.

Keep Tom's Mind-Set About Pretty Women In Mind As You Read about The Blind Date his Mom Forced him on.

MOM Seems to Be a Social Butterfly.

Goes to Lots of Parties. (PRE-PANDEMIC)

She met a Former College Classmate. The Woman Has a Daughter. To IMPRESS the Woman MOM Decided to Set Her Son, Tom, Up With The Daughter.

MOM Micro-Manages Her Two Sons.

AL is More Biddable.

Tom Struggles. Fights Back.

MOM Called Tom and Threatened to Make His Life Hell if He Doesn't Take Her College Friends Daughter out on a date.

To Shut her up. And So He Can Finish a Horse Carving Project for the Shah of Something or other -- Tom Said, "OK."

I -- Mom Said, "I'll Pick You Up in The Limo Tonight at 8pm.

II -- "Wear Your Best Suit Because I made a Reservation at Georgios. (Most Expensive Restaurant in town.)

III -- Then Mom Called Her College Friend and said, "Tom will Pick Your Daughter Up at 7pm tonight. He has a Reservation at Georgio's."

IV -- Panicked -- Her Less Affluent Friend took her Daughter Shopping. Bought an 800.00 Little Black Dress.

Things Went Down-hill Fast.

Mom Rode SHOTGUN in the Limo -- Next to The Hired Driver.

18 Year Old Kayla Was Scared.

25 Year Old Tom Was Mad as a Hornet.

"TENSE" Pretty Accurately Describes The Situation in The Back Seat.

Driven by MOM to the Restaurant -- Tom Says, "Mother. If You intend to Come inside and Eat with us I am Leaving Right Now."

"No, No. You Two Kids Go have Fun."

SEATED INSIDE At a Table -- Tom Asks The Waiter, "How Much is That Bottle Of Wine You Took to The Other Table over there? The Bottle with the Fireworks on top."

Waiter: "Oh sir. You Don't want that Wine. It's 25,000.00 a Bottle.

Tom -- "I'm rich. Bring me a bottle."

After a Smattering of Conversation.

Half The Bottle Of Wine Gone.

Kayla then makes a Mistake.

She Asks Tom an Embarrassing Question.

"My Mother Tells me an Arab Sheik Sent one of Your Carved Horses Back. Refused to Pay. What Happens then? Firewood?"

Tom Looks Calm. Except for that VEIN Throbbing on his forehead.

"My Mother Told You About that, Did She?"

Kayla -- ""No Your Mom told My Mom who told me."

Tom --Sarcastically -- "Well, that's Much Better. Isn't it?"

Tom -- "Oh. Gotta Wash my Hands. Excuse me."

TOM

DOES

NOT

COME

BACK.

After Kayla Finishes Eating her meal -- THE WAITER Brings The Check.

Kayla looks at the 25K Bill. Then up at him. Back and Forth. Then says, "I have No Money. Where is Tom?"

Waiter -- "I happened to See Your Date Climbing out the Mens Room Window. He Seems to have Flown The Coop.

Waiter -- POINTS. "This Way to The Managers Office."

Long Story Short.

Kayla Phoned Her Mom. Mom #1 -- Called Mom #2. Who Promptly Called The Manager of Georgio's Restaurant.

Without Introducing herself she asked, "What's he done now? How Bad is it?"

Manager -- "Your Son Bought a 25,000.00 bottle of Wine along with two dinners that cost 250.00 -- will that be Visa or MasterCard, Ma'am?"

LOUD SIGH.

AL was proud of his Brother Tom for GETTING ONE OVER On their Over-bearing Mother.

Chuckled all thru the telling.

Then he said, "That's nothing. Tom Has Done a Lot Worse."

ME -- "Worse? You're Kidding."

AL -- "Remind me to Tell you about the Time Our Mother Forced Tom To Be Best Man at a Wedding. During The Fitting for the Best Man and The Brides Maids. Some of The Brides Maids Clothing Disappeared.

Tom -- Chuckling. "Their Street Clothes. It was a Big Mess."

AL -- Proudly. "But Tom Has Done Worse."

Another Story for a Later Time.

Thanks,

Glenn

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