When Beauty becomes Ugly

Yesterday I went to Excellent City Centre to purchase a meal in the food court. There were two girls, both very good looking immediately ahead of me. They ordered fried chicken and chips. Because the counter area containing the cash register also doubled as the food dressing area, I waited while these two young ladies squirted ketchup and all the other sauces they wanted unto meal. Well that turned out to be one of the longest waits I ever had to cash a meal. These girls took their time adding sauces. Have you ever seen someone take two minutes to squirt ketchup from a bottle? Or debate aloud whether they should add garlic sauce before leisurely picking up the bottle, looking at it then replacing it on the counter, only to choose mustard instead?

People sighed and grumbled and these beautiful girls still did not get the hint. It's testimony to the easy going nature of Trinidadians, that even on hungry stomachs no one verbally abused these girls. Or physically threatened them. Perhaps their good looks saved them, who knows? Even the cashier started to watch them 'cut eye', but these girls seemed oblivious. Maybe they thought the rest of us in the line were on holiday. I was mad enough to make a comment but then bit my tongue. People like that are not worth it. I cannot undo what their own parents probably taught them-lack of manners.

So I like the ten or so other customers waited for these girls to complete dressing their meals to their satisfaction, and when they left, its strange but I found myself finding them less beautiful and more ugly...go figure.