Have you ever freaked people out?

When I was about 14 Mom signed me up to model clothing for Montgomery Ward. What we did was pose as mannequins in the store. They’d move the real mannequins out, and we took their place. We had to hold a pose, standing stock still, unmoving, for 15 minutes at a time. We fooled a lot of people. It was fun messing with their heads some times. For example this one lady was seriously examining whatever clothes I had on, feeling the material and stuff, and I’d whispered “Don’t touch me!” so softly that no one but that person could hear! Talk about screams!

Another time a teen was arguing with her mother, trying to convince her Mom that we were humans. Mom insisted that we eyes so that when she looked back up at me we locked eyes. Talk about screams!

As an adult, I question whether we really fooled any one, but the way a lot of people reacted suggested that we did. It was fun.