“What The Hell?”

This morning, my aunt was on her way out early to go to the gym. She couldn’t resist telling this story when she got there…

As she was getting in her car, she noticed one little boy, about 7 or so, standing all by himself at the bus stop on the corner. She was a little confused because there’s usually a whole bunch of them waiting there.

At the same time my aunt saw the kid, so did her neighbor who went over to him. She asked him what he was doing and he told her that he was waiting for the bus. She felt bad and had the following exchange with him:

Neighbor: You know you don’t have school today…right? It’s Rosh Hashanah…the Jewish New Year.

Kid: (Keep in mind he’s only about 7.) What the hell? I was sick yesterday and didn’t know we were off today.

The neighbor laughed and told him he should head home. So off he went…with yet another day off from school.

I had to post this…it’s been cracking me up all day. My mother, being mildly obsessed with school having been a teacher for 33 years, was less than amused. She’s all worried that the kids parents might have been gone when he went back home…and why was he at the bus stop by himself anyway…and how did his mother not know the school schedule? Just get over it…I think it’s cute. What 7 year old says “What the hell?”

He reminds me of me!