Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
When I signed the lease on my apartment in Milledgeville, it had as much to do with the location (two blocks from campus) and the price (too cheap for print) as it did with my realtor dropping everything to show me the place and introducing it with an honest “Keep in mind, this ain’t the Taj Mahal.” Also, she had pretty hair.
After stuffing my face (and consequently, my belly) at Buffington’s the other night, I ordered a six-dollar dessert – one dollar for each precious extra second I’d get to spend with my waitress. Coincidentally, she also had pretty hair, and kept calling me “hon” in a way that made my ears turn red. I tipped her forty percent.
I imagine most of you are used to it – the vast majority hailing from Georgia or parts nearby – but for someone who drove 600 miles to get here, the transition from Northern Aggression (in a bad way, usually) to Southern Hospitality can be a tricky one.
Now, I’ve lived in two countries, four states, and countless counties, and I can attest to the fact that there are attractive women everywhere. (Even Germany. Case in point: Heidi Klum.)
The thing is, they’re not always so nice. In fact, they’re never so nice. It might be unbearable if it weren’t so adorable. I have to keep telling myself that these women aren’t flirting with me, that they’re just being polite in a way that would be considered flirting in any other part of the country (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
Still, it’s hard to resist, and it’s going to take some getting used to.
The next time I go to Buffington’s, I’m not going to order the fried cheesecake (not by myself, anyway). But my ears will blush, and my tip will burgeon, because my waitress deserves it. We Northern natives are the ones who have to adjust. These Southern belles are fine just the way they are.
Even Allgood
Graduate Student
Creative Writing
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Sep 5 2008. Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion.
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