# Have You Ever Been Mistaken for "The Help"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 17, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509 "2014-12-17T18:58:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509/101 "2014-12-19T20:20:49Z")

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> [@pkbites](#):
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> Wife and I were at the door ready to leave a very nice restaurant. I was dressed in a suit.
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> 2 old birds walked in, handed me their coats and a fiver and said “thank you, dear.”

Did you take their suits and run? 😃

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509/102 "2014-12-22T03:28:10Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> Did you take their suits and run? 😃

No I gave the coats and the cash to the actual coat attendant. Right after starring at my wife blankly. After I handed the coat guy the coats I proceeded to walk out which prompted an odd look from him. Everybody got confused that night. Except for the 2 old ladies who had no idea.

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