At the Cash Register
Then after a pause he asked, “Do you have at least an M.A. in psychology?”
“No, but I have an M.A. in Communication Studies.”
“That was meant to be a joke,” he said as he turned his back to me.
“Yeah. I got that, but just a little too late,” I lied as he walked away.
It’s hard to ‘get’ jokes when people don’t smile. The fun is all in the smile. Otherwise, it’s just another put-down.
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