The barber missed a spot

I was fired from my first job as a teenager because I was serving up more than 2.5oz of ice cream per customer while leaving a hollow spot in the middle. My second job was pretty cool, a gourmet hot dog stand in the mall. A step up from the food court because we had fancy wieners. I really enjoyed working there and my honesty actually got a cash register skimmer fired. But this has nothing really to do with the fact that I did pay attention to one very specific trend from the 80's, a rat tail!

Yes, I wore a rat tail. I even grew it to 12 inches long. But back to working at the dog booth, one night I was working by myself and it was getting close to closing time. This older man came up to the counter and I could smell the alcohol on his breath from 4 feet away. He was having trouble deciding what to order, most likely due to the amount of booze he had consumed in the bar next door so I busied myself with closing up duties until he was ready to order. This included me turning my back on the customer, at which point I heard "What the f@*& is wrong with your hair?!"

"Excuse me?"

"Looks like the barber missed a spot at the back."

I turned his attention to the food order and he picked out his choice with optional toppings then met me at the end of the counter to pay. He stared at me strangely then sat on a bench nearby to eat. Paying no more attention to the drunk man, I went back to closing up shop until I heard a horrible retching sound coming from his direction. The fool had started choking on his damn hot dog and was throwing up in the garbage can. Karma.

He disappeared quickly after that. I learned something that night, have pizza after getting drunk. Oh, and don't be a dick or you'll choke on a wiener.