What Would You Wait in Line For?
My family calls me Tinky. Tinky is short for stinky which I was called as a baby because of my diapers, but that’s beside the point. There is a song and everything that goes along with the nickname. Some of the lyrics include “Tinky gets what Tinky wants.” My mom and I like to play this game, there isn’t a name for it, but the object is to see who can embarrass the other person in public more. From eating food impolitely in front of my friends to burping loudly in stores to making personal introductions to the boys she knew I liked, she was always there to try to embarrass me. I was insistent that I couldn’t be embarrassed by anything, and boy, did I want to win. According to my family’s legendary song, that’s what was in store for the future of this game because “when Tinky wants something, she gets it.”Game or no game, my family knows that when I really want something, I will go the distance ...