Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Blind people have lower standards

*names have been changed

My housemate and I had gone to our friend *Tom’s house for dinner and games. There were quite a few people there, including many that I had not met before. One of these happened to be a particularly lanky ginger. Let’s call him nitwtit. He was really rather interesting with a lot to talk about, and it wasn’t until my housemate and I began our walk home that the story really emerged.

Clearly half-entertained, half-outraged, my housemate filled me in on a conversation that she’d overheard as I was in the bathroom.

Nitwit: “I’m having a great night! Thanks, Tom. The girl I’m talking to seems cool.”
Tom: “Yeah, she’s great- did you realise she’s actually really blind?”
Nitwit: “Oh, no way! I might actually stand a chance with her then!”

I remained friends (JUST friends) with Nitwit and am still waiting for the perfect moment to remind him he said this.


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