A Dating Faux Pas

So yesterday, I spent the entire day essentialy on a really long date. We hit a movie, shopped a little and wandered around in the city. We were having an amazing day until....

On the way to dinner, we passed a construction crane on the side of the road. This is roughly the conversation that followed:

Me>I have this theory about how all the cranes in Bellevue mate at night to make baby cranes.

Him>Huh..

Me> Haven't you noticed all the cranes in downtown Bellevue? They're every 12 feet.

Him> I have really no response to that...

He's as quiet as can be. You can actually hear the crickets. As a sick feeling is settling in my stomach, I'm thinking, "man my joke wasn't that bad."

Him> My roommate is one you know.

I'm thinking "What, is his name Crane?"

Me>Wait, you roommate is one what?

Him> Korean.

Me>OH....yeah. I said "cranes." Industrial sized, used for buildings.

Him> I thought you said "Koreans". Here I was thinking I was going to have to sit you down and have a serious talk about diversity.

Me> Yah, wondered why you were so quiet. Didn't you see the crane we passed?

Him> No. There were 2 guys walking on the side of the street. I thought maybe one of them was Korean, er something...

It just goes to show how quickly a good date can go terribly wrong. Having only recently started seeing each other, we hadn't broached any racial topics thus far. We were having a fun conversation which turned quickly into what he thought was off-color, to say the least. With the CD playing and the road noise, the mix-up was easy to understand. The chat that followed was filled with much laughter as we realized the extent of the error, but the night could have ended right there, on a very ugly note.

So for any of you on first dates, remember not to talk about cranes or Koreans, just to be on the safe side.