Sam Devine

I got a quick lesson in not judging a book by its cover.

Last night I got dragged out to a fancy party for some other pop star- a friend of my sister- who has this new perfume. I felt totally out of place and tried to hang out in a corner near the food (they had really good little finger foods). I guess I was doing a great job of not making myself too visible because some super tall lady actually stepped on me! I cried out- more in surprise than in pain- although her high heel really did pinch my big toe.

Anyway, this tall lady just stared at me. I thought it was terribly snobby of her not to apologize and sneaked away to the bathroom feeling as if I’d been doubly dumped-on. A couple of minutes later this same tall lady came into the restroom. When she saw me, she came over and in the softest voice I’d ever heard, she told me over and over again how super sorry she was to have stepped on my foot. I told her a billion times it was okay, but she looked as if she was going to bust out crying.

On the way home, I told my mom and sister about what all had happened and my sister’s eye’s practically bugged out of her head. Turns out the lady I thought was rude and snobby is famous for not only being beautiful (she’s a former model), but she is world-class painfully shy and never speaks to anybody at any of these kinds of events. That made me feel really foolish- here I’d been thinking the lady was a total snob- when she was just super uncomfortable and probably stepped on my foot trying to get into that corner where no one would bother her- exactly as I was trying to do.

Next time something like this happens, I’ll try really hard not to be so quick to rush to judgment on a person… maybe then people won’t be so quick to make judgment calls on me. Maybe? Please???