Pew Etiquette

While visiting a church today, a young man tapped me on the shoulder at the end of the service. How nice, I thought, that someone is going to introduce himself to me. This is a friendly place!

"Excuse me, ma'am," he said. "But I noticed that your tag is still on your blouse. Would you like me to tear it off for you?"

"Why didn't my friend tell me about that?" I asked the stranger, not that he would know why the woman I sat next to in Sunday school had been oblivious to my plight.

The stranger just smiled at me.

"Yes," I said. "Thank you."  

After he handed me the tag, we introduced ourselves and made a bit of small talk. Maybe I should wear new clothes more often...