After rowing training last Sunday, something dramatic happened during breakfast at McDonald's. Unfortunately I wasn't there to witness it. It involved mainly Mrs. Baites, Mrs. McPhee and Barry Manilaw. To keep the incident under wraps and prevent the issue from blowing out of proportion, everyone present agreed to a news black out. And so I won't be able to narrate what exactly transpired among the personalities involved.
Unfortunately, despite my absence during that day, Norman Baites' mom dragged me into the issue. You see, DURING breakfast in the same venue the following tuesday, she claimed she saw me discussing the Sunday incident with someone. Amazing. I only got to know about the incident AFTER breakfast, on my way home.
Who wouldn't be flabbergasted? I wasn't even there, for crying out loud. She clearly had an axe to grind against me, whatever.
And so Barry simply assumed that I must have sourced my information through the e-groups (which contained no reference about the incident at all). What sort of logic is that? We belong to the same e-group so we get the same mail.
And so the issue got diverted away from what really happened towards the supposed "squealers" and tattlers.
I simply had breakfast at McDonald's, and I was already accused of spreading rumours. I really wonder why she thinks I was talking about her, was it because I had puffy eyes from lack of sleep the night before, or was it because I squinted too much. Or maybe, it's because I crossed my legs like a Spanish senorito, that's why from Mrs Baites' vantage point, I must be spreading romurs aimed at destroying her reputation!
Grrrrrrr!
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