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The Pains I Went Through For A Coke

My mom Frieda is guest posting for me today.   I remember her telling this story often.  I’m glad she is sharing it with you!

I was suddenly overcome with thirst for a Coke, but I didn’t have change for the Coke machine.  When I mentioned my dilemma to the secretaries in the English Department office of the university where I worked, the secretaries and work study students donated nickels and dimes so that I had the correct change.

On my way downstairs to the machine with my fistful of coins, I stopped by the restroom.  In the stall, a nickel dropped. As I reached for it, I was shocked to see a hand from the adjacent stall reach under the partition and try to snatch my nickel, but I managed to get it first.

I continued down to the Coke machine, shaking my head at the unmitigated gall of that person who had tried to steal my nickel.  I put my coins into the slot of the machine . . . and had a nickel left over!

When I got back to the office, I found a secretary from another department visiting during the lunch break with our secretaries.  As I walked in, I heard her saying, “Can you believe, I dropped a nickel and some idiot from the next stall grabbed it?  The nerve!”

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Esther

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12 Comments Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged: embarrassing, funny, mom

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  1. Deborah says

    July 22, 2011 at 7:42 am

    Esther, I’ve been reading your blog for a while and I find it hilarious. This is the first time I’m commenting though, because I’m curious to know if your mom confessed to taking the nickel lol!

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  2. Mari says

    July 22, 2011 at 8:10 am

    Oh my gosh that is HILARIOUS!!!!
    Did you fess up? I probably would have just because I don’t really get too embarrassed. But that was probably embarrassing.

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  3. Jeni says

    July 22, 2011 at 9:46 am

    HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Oh my word!!!!!!!

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  4. Robin says

    July 22, 2011 at 10:26 am

    I say it every time and I’ll say it again – I love Frieda’s posts!

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  5. Rachel says

    July 22, 2011 at 1:09 pm

    I need to know did you confess? I probably would have melted in a puddle afraid she would recognize my shoes or something!

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  6. bonny says

    July 22, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    sounds like the unfortunate and uncomfortable thing that would happen to me… did she say anything?

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  7. Christine says

    July 22, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    bahahaha, did she confess?? LOL i never would have 🙂

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  8. EstherIrish says

    July 23, 2011 at 12:45 am

    She totally did confess! I’m not sure how she did it though, maybe she’ll let us know!

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  9. Frieda says

    July 23, 2011 at 8:53 am

    In answer to everybody who wondered, I considered putting my feet under a desk and not moving until that lady left the office. Only considered that for a moment, though. Anybody who knows me knows that I confessed and gave the nickel back to its rightful owner with explanations and apologies. But I thought explaining all that kind of ruined the punchline.

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  10. Paula says

    July 23, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    This is so absolutely hilarious! Reminds me of my husband which were running rather late from work. I called him slightly concerned/upset as I havent heard from him at all, just to overhear in the background a female voice asking how many red roses he wants……

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  11. Bev says

    July 23, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    I laughed so loud that my DH wanted to know what I was laughing about. So, I read it to him and laughed even louder. Too funny! And it is exactly like something that would happen to me. Ha!

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  12. stitches says

    July 24, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    How very funny!! Thank you for the much needed laugh!

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