HIM: Hey Kate, you've got new glasses?
ME: What? Oh no, these are old. I just don't wear them much.
HIM: You wear contacts most of the time?
ME: Oh no my eyes are kind of... not that bad. So I just wear them at the computer mostly.....Um but you must have seen these before because I distinctly remember wearing the glasses when you interviewed me for the job - I thought they would make me look smarter haha.
(A brief appalled silence where I realise my attempt at charming self deprecation has failed)
HIM: So... I guess it worked then?
ME: (Nervous laughter).
1 comment:
Hah, I love it. I love being referred to as 'smart' based purely on the fact that I wear slightly-thicker-than-average rimmed glasses by people I've never had a conversation with? Glasses = nerd = smart? Totally.
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