Cracker Barrel Gift Cards – For a Wedding Gift?
We are from “The South”. We are Southerners. Only barely. My parents are both from Massachusetts as are all of our relatives. But both my sister and I were born and raised here, below the Mason-Dixon line. In the suburbs of Atlanta. Scarlet’s territory. Where we women-folk don’t sweat, we glisten.
A few years ago my sister married a Yankee. A “Damn Yankee” as many of the parents and grandparents of our friends might call him. I like to think most of our peers have gotten beyond at least the North/South incident, not all but most. However, at gatherings and announcements of the engagement, my brother-in-law was referred to as, “What is her Yankee’s name again?” Yep, Southerners.
Fast forward to the bridal shower, held in my brother-in-law’s hometown. In the north. New Jersey to be precise. My sister did the requisite registrations for gifts. Target, Macy’s and Crate and Barrel. There were all kinds of gifts presented. Crystal, china, linens, orignal artwork… you know, the types of things usually given as wedding gifts. Then there was the gift cards.
Sister: Oh, look gift cards for Cracker Barrel.
Brother-in-law: Really? Cracker Barrel? Hmmm.
Sister: Yep, Cracker Barrel. Interesting. I wonder why?
It turns out, an elderly relation of my Brother-in-law mis-heard the list of stores. Yep, misheard. And instead of questioning the logic of purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of Cracker Barrel gift cards, she assumed that we were Southerners after all and it made perfect sense.
Ah, the joys of stereotypes.
PAH!
ohmygosh that’s HYSTERICAL.