There has been times in my life I have been down due to the overwhelming fact that I am a underachiever .
I should have done better at school and college , got a career ... You get the jist...
So right now i am poor, and poorer due to the fact i cant work for 90 days due to not having my work permit here in the USA.
Dumb and poor , not a good combination , when I passed a pawn shop here in Las vegas after sending my Immigration paperwork to the powers that be. Hmmmm I was wearing my watch that cost me a weeks wage back in the UK.. Why not !
After handing the lady the watch, she taps away on the PC , a few minutes pass, and then a few more,,,, then she calls someone else over,,,,, they both utter under their breaths for a few more minutes....
"Sorry sir ... I cant give you a value on this watch , but we could hold it for a $20 pay day loan"
I politely and smilingly decline the young ladies offer. I enquire to why no price could be established.
"well ,,,, we are only getting non american sites up,,, and they have a number , and a funny symbol infront of the number "
OH ?!!?!?!?!?!?! ....... Can I have a look myself at this mysteriously alien marking that is baffling these two young shop assistants...
" Its like a backwards 3 " she tries to draw it in the air like that helps ...
I reach my head around, leaning over the desk...
ummm...
errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
(insert lightbulb above my head and harmonious choir music) HALLELUJAH !
Thats a pound sign ........
Both ladies smile...... "You do know what a pound sign is " ????!??!?!? i ask,
Both look even more bemused... " uuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm"
"we cant give you a price if its not in dollars"
:O
I politely decline the $20 payday loan once more before leaving feeling like the love child of Einstein and steven hawkins ( some might argue i DO look like this anyway).
In Conclusion , I might not be scraping the barrel as low as I thought for many years.
17 years ago
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