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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

That Time I Was Mistaken For A Prostitute



I was 18 and innocent but mistaken for a prostitute. How does that happen one may ask? I'll tell you how...

I was visiting one of my friends who went to college in the city, NYC that is. We had decided that we were going to go to the Limelight, a cool club back in the day. We had gotten all dolled up to party the night away. Although for me "partying it up" back then just meant looking cute and dancing a lot. Wasn't really into drinking back then. I know you can't believe it, neither can I.

What was I wearing? Black snake skin pants, obviously not the real thing just some weird patent leather and spandex print to look like black snake skin. I swear this looked  "good" back then. A black spaghetti strapped shirt and black heels. It was winter but since I didn't want to have to keep track of a coat I just braved the cold (which is where I think I went wrong).

There was too many of us to fit in one cab so we had to take two to the club. My friend and I went alone in one cab. We told him to take us to the Limelight and really trusted him to get is there. Well, he let's us out of the cab and points at some building and says that was it. We walk over and surprise, surprise it wasn't the club. By this time he is long gone.

I see another cab dropping someone off and I run to the window to try and ask the cabby if he knew where it was. As I was approaching his window he is waving his hands saying "no, no I don't want," in broken English. I wasn't understanding why he was acting this way and got closer to the cab and he says: "no, go away. me no buy sex" and speeds away.

What the hell?! I was shocked, actually I was so amused. I thought it was so funny. Luckily we found the club just around the block but I couldn't help but think I looked like a hooker all night. So what about you, have you ever been mistaken for a lady of the night? Or am I the only one that gets that honor?


Vodka and Soda

13 comments:

  1. hahahahahahah! that's hilarious. i've never been mistaken as a hooker; at least not to my face but i probably should have been considering i lived in scantily-clad clothes most of my late teen years/early 20s!

    thanks for linking up!

    -kathy
    Vodka and Soda

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  2. That's awful and hilarious at the same time. Nice to know there are respectable cabbies in NYC.

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  3. Is it wrong that I laughed at this?? I'm sorry!

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  4. hahahaha, that's hilarious! I mean, I'm sorry he thought that, but tooo hilarious!

    And I was just like you, I just wanted to dress up, look hot and dance. Drinking was an eh.

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  5. Hilarious! I actually have experienced this... in London... except the creep was actually trying to "hire" me! I was mortified - and every time I hear Kings Cross in London, I shudder!

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  6. This is hilarious! I can't say this has ever happened to me, but then again I didn't really go out to clubs very often.

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  7. OMG too funny!!! Nope. I can't say it's ever happened to me. That sure makes for a hilarious story!!

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  8. BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! I am DYING! This is fucking awesome! "Me no buy sex!" Bahahaha!

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  9. hahaha oh my gosh! how awful yet hilarious! i can honestly say i've never had the same experience, but i can see how it could happen with some clubwear i've seen!

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  10. Lmao! This is too funny!! I'm pretty sure people have thought I was a prostitute before, especially back when I was a gogo dancer and on my way to work. Hahaha.

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