On my way home tonight as I walked through the mess that is Union Square I hear some guy say to a woman, "Excuse me miss. Could I ask you a question?"
I thought to myself, Whenever anyone does that "could I ask you a question" shit you know something annoying is coming. Asking for money or asking for sex or asking for something that will lead to one of those things in one form or another. If someone just has a question about say directions or a request for matches, it's just "Excuse me miss [insert harmless and innocent question here]" with none of that "could I ask you a question" follow-up.
Anywho, as I was thinking all this, the woman responds (apparently thinking as I was). She says, "It's seems to me you already are asking me a question."
The guy is clearly thrown off a bit and just says, "What?"
And she says, "'Could I ask you a question?' is a question. Do you see the problem?"
Pretty snotty, but pretty much on target if you ask me.
I was out of earshot before I found out how things went from there, but I'm guessing it didn't go the way the guy had originally planned.
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