I’d like to speak to the manager!!!

Tonight I was walking through the dining room when a woman’s purse fell off the back of her chair.

I picked it up and handed it to her.

They were waiting on entrees and I said, you know after working in NYC for years I still catch myself not telling people not to leave their bags and purses hanging on their chairs. One second they’re there. Another they are gone.

The woman’s husband says it can happen anywhere.

I say yes but not as often as it did in New York.

He looks me in the eye and says it’s because Mainers carry guns.

I look back at him.

He gets a weird look in his eye and says.

Mainers carry guns and we know how to use them and we aren’t afraid to use them.

It was weird. And sinister. And completely uncalled for.

And to be honest I felt uneasy till they finally left an hour later.