I was walking my dog down the Santa Monica promenade this afternoon, minding my own business, although not entirely oblivious to the parade of Spandex-clad, yoga mat-carrying females strolling in the opposite direction. Suddenly my dog, not the most well-mannered or intelligent member of her species, yanked me in the direction of a storefront, where a gentleman was squatting to pick up a few coins he had apparently dropped, an unfortunate position that resulted in the exposure of about two inches of butt crack. Before I could pull the mutt away, she had licked said area, embarrassing me and angering the owner of the exposed crevasse. I am fairly well-educated in the finer points of etiquette but I did not know how to adequately apologize to the gentleman for this invasion of his bodily territory other than to utter a sincere but somewhat sheepish, Sorry, which did not appear to satisfy him, as he called me a name that described an area that is not too distant from the exact point on his person that had previously been violated by my trusty hound. Has Emily Post weighed in on this scenario? I would like to know in case it ever happens again.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:16:46 +0000