No Thank You

[kybearfuzz]

After my morning run, mowing the yard, and lunch, I was running a few errands as usual for a Saturday.

I stopped by a gas station and on my way in I passed a popcorn stand manned by a grown bald man in a boy scout uniform. He was rather handsome. I couldn't figure why he was out here alone with no apparent scouts to help.

"Would you like to buy some popcorn and support the boy scouts?" he asked.

In that moment I severely wanted to unleash my inner Julia Sugarbaker on him, launching into a tight, Southern-tonged tirade about why a gay man like me would never support an bigoted organization like his. I'd mention that it would be sad if any of my money, tainted by the dreaded yet fabulously-colored gay cootie, should infect him or any of his little stooges, creating even more of the scourge that he and his ilk wanted gone from the planet. I would have ended my verbal blast with a promise to buy twice as many Girl Scout cookies this year as they are a kind, wonderful organization that his group could learn so much from.

Yet, in the moment where all of these thoughts surged through my head, I refrained. I honestly felt a bit sad for him to have to stand out here hawking that popcorn by himself.

"No thank you," I said instead.

He may have thought me to be a cheap guy or whatever. I was off to have fun. He was standing there in that goofy outfit trying to sell popcorn. That's revenge in itself.

Comments

[prisonbitch.livejournal.com]

it's a tough time to be a boyscout. Eventually they'll have to come around or they'll simply cease to exist.

there was a cute kid outside the grocery store this morning and I felt bad saying no thanks.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

It seems like I read somewhere that the Girl Scouts had to sell cookies because they were not getting the monetary support that the Boy Scouts had received.

Now that a lot of sponsors have stopped their donations because of the BS stance (read that however you'd like), I guess they're now having to do fundraiser activities too.

I don't usually have a problem saying no to the BS. I've even "bought" a box of cookies from the GS and told them to pick out the kind they like and have them as a snack themselves.

[prisonbitch.livejournal.com]

the BS (tee hee) has always had this popcorn fundraiser, but I've never seen them setup outside stores before.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I had no idea that BS (*giggle*) sold popcorn all the time. I guess the fundraiser didn't occur during my two-stint as a cub scout.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I wonder what would have happened if you had asked him out for a date. *grin*

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL... I wonder. If he had said yes, I just might have bought popcorn. :D

[prisonbitch.livejournal.com]

you could've popped his corn!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

We could have played cornhole! :)

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

Good story ... I think I'd have reacted similarly, with a train of thought somewhat like yours - though a nice touch I wouldn't have thought of was your comment about buying twice as many Girl Scout cookies; yes, the young women are much more progressive than the boys, who could do well to learn from them.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I agree.

My sis was a Girl Scout and it seemed like they were much more fun than my two weeks as a BS were to me.

[labeartorycub.livejournal.com]

Good that you took the higher road in this one. I would have done the same-- said no thanks.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of jumping down someone's throat if he hasn't personally insulted me. He represents an organization I don't care for, but for all I know he was a nice man, stuck in a BS uniform, selling popcorn outside a gas station.

Did I mention I walked out carrying junk food in front of him? Was that mean? :D

[labeartorycub.livejournal.com]

*snicker* You wanted to check him out again, didn't you? :-)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Actually it was on the way to my car and he just happened to be there. Yeah, that's it... that's the ticket... :)