My Beloved and I spent some time in Oklahoma City and I
was stunned at what passed for okay behavior in several venues.
First, having dinner at a fairly up scale restaurant the
first night, seeing the men wear their cowboy hats or baseball caps at dinner
was a sight to behold. As my
sister would say, “they probably didn’t have a mother to teach them
differently.”
The next morning walking down the corridor to the
elevator, I heard two doors open and people walked out and allowed their doors
to slam. I purposely walked slowly
to give them time to get the elevator, as I knew I would not be able to keep my
mouth shut if I had to spend anymore them with any of them.
Next, I am in the downstairs area for the complimentary
breakfast and I see a guy walk by in his pajamas and socks. Jamers?! No sooner, had I gotten my mouth shut than a whole family
came into the area and they are all in their jammers.
I may be from the “old” school that says, dress
appropriately when in public, but I guess this rule is only for me. I couldn’t help but wonder if these
people were “commando” too! I
could hear my mother’s voice in my head that said “be sure to wear underwear
all the time because you never know…”
She never did explain the “never know” part of that sentence and I never
thought to ask. She use to make me
wear underwear in my jammers because “you never know…”
Without slamming the Midwestern part of our country, I can’t
help but feel that the farther you are from the big city, the more relaxed
traditional behaviors become.
Considering that we are planning to move to OK City, it has to be a
reminder for me to keep up my standards in order to maintain a “presence” in
the city. Spirit, help me to put
away my judgment mind about all of this.
You, of course, don’t have a problem with any judgments,
do you?
No comments:
Post a Comment