gasparilla tales you never hear

I had just dropped off my kilt to be dry cleaned for Saturday. The guy behind the counter writes down “skirt.” I tell him it’s a kilt. He looks at me, says “Oh, okay” but he still leaves “skirt” on the ticket.

Apparently, when you dry clean a skirt, they charge you by the pleat ‘cuz I got charged for a 24 pleat skirt. Which is actually very reasonable, but still…

The guy looks at my sash. He asks, “What do you call this?”

I say, “It’s a sash.”

He asks, “How do you spell that?”

“S-a-s-h,” I say.

He goes “S-A what?”

“…S-H.”

“S-H-A….?”

“No, S-A-S-H. Sash.”

He writes down “scarf”

I hand him my shirt. He takes a good long look at the shirt, then he takes a good long look at me, then he writes down “blouse – very big”.

So this afternoon, I’m picking up my scarf, my skirt, and my blouse.

My scarf.  My 24-pleat skirt.  And my very big blouse.

No respect.

8 comments - add to the conversation! → “gasparilla tales you never hear”


  1. David Jenkins

    3 years ago

    At least you didn’t drop off that fancy purse you wear around your waist, too.


  2. Rachel*

    3 years ago

    No, mad respect, man.


  3. dee

    3 years ago

    what about your “bobby socks”!!!hahhaa


  4. gar

    3 years ago

    This was sent to me from a fellow
    Krewe member. I can only take credit for forwarding it.


  5. dcdave

    3 years ago

    tee hee


  6. melissa

    3 years ago

    Hahah that’s a thing of beauty. What kinda goober doesn’t know what a kilt is anyway? Kilts OWN.

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  8. batlratl

    1 year ago

    Can a MacLaren join in on the fun? Will be there on friday. Have kilt will travel:)


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