Invisible Girl

Written March 13th, 2007
7 comments

Last night I met the most invisible person ever. She was sat in the Ship & Castle with some of the regulars when I introduced myself. "Yeah, we’ve already met," she said. Some way later into a conversation, we’d determined:

  • I’d seen her before at the Ship & Castle, and looked right through her.

  • She’d served me breakfast a few days ago, at the Treehouse.

  • And we did some voluntary work together when we were both students.

Even after all of this, I wasn’t sure I recognised her until I went home and found a photo with her in! I apologised profusely, but she genuinely didn’t care that she’s seemingly able to turn invisible: in actual fact, she seems to like and has come to expect it. We made a comparison to that Buffy episode where lots of people ignore this girl and she turns invisible and starts killing people. She promised not to start killing people. That’s kind-of reassuring. She doesn’t look particularly strong, but I don’t want to get on the wrong side of anybody who I can’t see.

Personally, I’d hate being so unobvious: I love being able to be "seen" when I want to be, so it was hard for me to understand the attraction. Perhaps she’s just resigned to it after decades of being ignored.

7 Responses to "Invisible Girl"

  • By Becky 13 March, 2007 - 09:31

    Or maybe, Mr Q, your just slightly a little bit of an attention seeker, Hmmmm?

  • By Scatman Dan 13 March, 2007 - 09:48

    Aye, that’s for sure. I’ve never denied that.

  • By Matt In The Hat 13 March, 2007 - 14:53

    So a girl you meet in The SHip claims that she’s met you a few times before and you take her back to your place to look at photos?

    WHY DOESN’T THE GOOD STUFF EVER HAPPEN TO ME?!?!

  • By The Pacifist 13 March, 2007 - 18:04

    Well… he doesn’t actually say he took her back with him…

  • By Faye 14 March, 2007 - 20:44

    I have days like that, actually. I’ve had people walk right into me.

  • By Scatman Dan 14 March, 2007 - 21:00

    I find that harder to believe, Faye.

  • By Crusty 15 March, 2007 - 22:52

    Just wait until you’re 50! You get more invisible with age in my experience (but fortunately, perhaps, care less in equal proportion).