Credit Card Story

Some people come up with their own jokes and tricks to play on people. Most people copy things they see on television or hear from other folks. Mazie Swanswim is in that last group. She is always trying out things she hears other people doing.

Yesterday, Whitmore Philly came in the hardware store where Mazie works as a cashier, bought some nails, and was standing at the register to pay for it. He took his credit card out and was holding it waiting for Mazie to tell him to swipe it. She looked the old fellow right in the eye and said, "Strip down, facing me."

Problem was Whitmore being the obedient kind started in removing his overall snaps. The bib was hanging down when Mazie let out a scream.

Lindsey Wag, the store manager came up to determine what all the ruckus was about. Mazie said she was just trying to tell the old man how to use the machine. She said she had just chosen the wrong words and was real sorry.

Whitmore said he accepted her apology, but it wasn't just her words it was the look in her eye and the singing way she spoke them. Later he told me he had no intention of removing his garments. "I'm wearing old underwear," he said.

Tales of Harper, short stories and poems about the fictional town of Harper, Mississippi is available on Amazon Kindle