• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Catherine Gacad

  • About
  • Categories
    • Archives
    • Blogging
    • Burning Man
    • City Guides
    • Education & Politics
    • Favorite Books
    • Finances & Retirement
    • Parenthood
    • Relationships
    • Religion
    • San Francisco Bay Area
    • Travel
  • Hire Me
  • Subscribe
    • Feedburner
    • Bloglovin
    • Feedly
  • Search

All Posts

Fatty

IMG_3380When we’re out of wine, I always head to the closest liquor store which is one block down on Sutter Street.  Because the Academy of Art students work, study, and live in our hood, they frequent the same store.  I thought I’d give another liquor store my business this time around so I walked an extra block to Mason Street to the liquor store across from my Club One gym.

I settled on a chilled bottle of Yellow Tail chardonnay for a hefty $18.99 and brought it up to the counter.  The Middle Eastern cashier asked to see my ID.  Looking at my drivers license, he quipped, “That you?  Don’t look like you.”

“Really?  Well, that’s me.  I guess I look a little darker in that picture.”

“Fatty.  You look fatty.”

“Seriously?  I guess, ummm, I’ve lost a lot of weight since I took that picture.  That must have been at least five years ago.”

“You lose the weight, yes.  Fatty in this picture.”

Wow, what honesty!  Thanks Mister.

Related

Tweet
Pin
Share
0 Shares

03.16.10

Tweet
Pin
Share
0 Shares

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

Categories

  • Archives
  • Blogging
  • Burning Man
  • City Guides
  • Education & Politics
  • Favorite Books
  • Finances & Retirement
  • Parenthood
  • Relationships
  • Religion
  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Travel

Popular Posts

  • An Exploration of World Religions: Zoroastrianism
  • A Flowchart for Choosing Your Religion
  • Why Do Guys Date Girls Who Barely Speak English?
  • Touring Sunnylands, "Camp David of the West," near Palm Springs
  • UC Berkeley English Department
  • How to Avoid Fecal Coliform Bacteria on Your Next Flight
  • What to Know About the Lair of the Golden Bear
  • Daily Interviews
  • Pre-Thanksgiving Not So Good News
  • Oysters at Cafe des Amis

Back to top

© 2025 Catherine Gacad.