Blind Man

Most of us have that one person in our life that can almost always make us laugh. For me that person is my older brother Steve.  Over Easter break, I had to take Steve to the eye doctor so I could drive after he had his eyes dilated. After the appointment he had to wear dark sunglasses to protect his eyes.  After coming back into the waiting room he jokingly looked around in the waiting room like he couldn't see me or anything. This wasn't laugh out loud funny but Steve was just getting started.

 For the rest of the day everywhere he went he pretended to blind when other people were nearby. Several times he brushed against a pole or kicked a trashcan as he walked and other people were walking by. He had the most fun when we went out to lunch. He never looked in the direction of the waitress when he was talking to her and constantly pushed things on the table around while reaching for his fork. When it came time to order he simply pointed at me and said “I’ll have what he’s having” still staring straight ahead across the table.

The funniest part of the entire experience was the confusion on the waitress’s face. At first she really seemed to believe that Steve was blind but as time went on she looked more and more confused about what was really going on. The waitress lack of knowledge that Steve had perfectly functioning eyes is what made the situation funny but I don’t believe this is an example of the superiority theory. We didn't feel sorry for her or think we were better than her; she was just out of the loop on this one. I believe the humor in the situation was the incongruity between what was actually going on and what the waitress perceived.