Here is reportedly a true story in the April, 2018, print edition of the Reader's Digest. It was contributed by one Kursten Jeppson.
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"I was at the hardware store to get a duplicate of my car key made.
When the store clerk asked, 'You're a model?' It was exactly what a woman in her mid-30s wanted to hear.
'Well, no, I'm not,' I said blushing. 'But I'm very flattered that --'
He stopped me right there, pointed to my car keys, and repeated slowly, 'Year ... and ... model?' "
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"I was at the hardware store to get a duplicate of my car key made.
When the store clerk asked, 'You're a model?' It was exactly what a woman in her mid-30s wanted to hear.
'Well, no, I'm not,' I said blushing. 'But I'm very flattered that --'
He stopped me right there, pointed to my car keys, and repeated slowly, 'Year ... and ... model?' "
