^^^I doubt very much that you're the only person in the world who's done it, but it's probably not the best story in the world to tell on a site focussed on harm reduction.
Not to mention, not remembering where you live is pretty hardcore...and a 6pack of beer
is enough to affect your perceptions and reaction times, no matter how much you're used to drinking. I mean it's a funny story regardless, but it doesn't change the fact that what you did was totally irresponsible. Anywho, moving along....
These two stories are from my journal. I think they well qualify as wtf moments.....
First story occurs with me in a convenience store/internet cafe before work. I brought a bottle of coke and a bottle of powerade up to the counter and took out my debit card. Here's the conversation:
ME: "Can I pay for that on eftpos?"
GUY:"Do you know how much it is?"
ME:"Umm, no.."
GUY:"Look up."
(We then spend the next half a minute with me being all like "uhm, what?" and him jerking his head up towards the ceiling like he was having a localised epileptic fit. Eventually I follow his lead and realise he's pointing at a sign with internet prices.)
ME:"Umm, I can only see prices for the internet."
GUY:"Yes, it's $2.25 an hour."
ME:"But I don't want to use the internet, I just want to buy these...oh and don't worry about a plastic bag, thanks."
GUY:"I'm putting them in a bag for you." (He puts them in a plastic bag, takes my card and looks it over.) "Can you pay when you're finished?"
ME:"Buuut...I don't want to use the internet...I just want to buy my drinks."
At this point I was beginning to wonder if I was on drugs and just hadn't realised it yet...the guy rolls his eyes, takes my payment in disgust and then when I take the drinks out of the bag he throws it on the floor because clearly it can't be used anymore...
STORY #2
So I'm at the train station. It's like 11.45pm on a Sunday night. I've got a pen behind my ear while I'm answering a text message on my phone with my notebook on my lap. Stranger who looks suspiciously like the girl from Goldfrapp grabs the pen from behind my ear. Conversation follows.
ME: "Can I have that back please?"
GIRL: "GOD, what are you doing with a pen in your ear?"
ME: "I was about to use it...can you give it back?"
(She does this big sigh of exasperation, hands it back and then spends the next couple of minutes bitching about how I'm SUCH a loser and she was just trying to be friendly and how I'm being an asshole for ignoring her to play with my phone etc etc. Eventually I crack the shits.)
ME: "What's your fucking problem anyway?"
GIRL: "I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY!"
ME: "Well, be friendly with your friends...anyway, have you heard of personal space?"
GIRL: "Well EXCUSE me for making an effort, I thought you'd have a sense of humor...sorry for being so wrong..." (continues in this vein for a while before coming up with the killer..) "Anyway, you ARE wearing GOGGLES!"
...I kind of had to give her that one. I mean I WAS wearing GOGGLES. Anyway, I tried to make friends with her after that because I realised she was just drunk and harmless, but then out of absolutely nowhere she cracked the shits with her friend and yelled this at her:
"GODDAMMIT Michelle, you're not Norvenka from Norway! Stop using that ridiculous Scandinavian accent!"
Which I thought was quite amusing. Because from what I could tell, her friend actually was Norwegian. Or Scandinavian. Or something not in the same general neighbourhood as Australia. Goldfrapp Girl threw a tantrum and totally left the train station. Her faux Norwegian friend had to follow her after I pointed out that it didn't look like she was coming back. The train took another 15 minutes or so and they never came back.
Strange days indeed....