Tina Fey beware…

On a train from DC a conductor making his way through the crowd taking people’s tickets stops a few feet away from me and stares at me intently…for a fairly long time. It makes me wonder if something is wrong. I give him my ticket; he reads my name and then re-reads it again. Before returning my stub he asks:

(Conductor) “Do you get mistaken a lot?”
(Me) “Pardon me?”
(Conductor) “Do you get mistaken for her a lot?”
Complete confusion on my part…
(Conductor) “You look like Sarah Palin”
(Me) “Oh gosh… I guess that’s part of the reason I don’t wear my glasses often anymore”

An hour later, while making his rounds, the guy comes up to me again, leans forward and says with a wink:

(Conductor) “Are you ready for your photo op, Ms. Palin?”
(Me) “Dude, if you pay me $150K for a new wardrobe and $4,600 a month to get my hair done. Sign me up for the job!”
(Conductor after a second pause) “Damn, me too…”

Smiles all around, exit stage left.