preconceived notions

You know how it is when you talk to someone on the phone a lot, and you get this picture of them in your head? For me, it’s never a clear, well-defined image; it’s rather hazy. And then when I meet that person, I am often shocked by how different they are from the haze in my head. The dispatcher at our messenger service came to do a pickup this morning, and I had to disguise my surprise. He was much shorter, rounder, and greyer than I had envisioned. He actually reminded me of one of my mom’s exes. All in all, one of those “hmm” moments in life.