Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for August 07, 2024

Respect Is A Two-Way Aisle

I was a witness to this interaction last weekend. The grocery store I was shopping in was extremely crowded, with most people doing their best to get to the items they needed without getting too much in each other’s way.

Most people.

One older lady seems to think that she should be the only person allowed in the store, grumbling constantly and bumping into people as she pushes past them. One of the items she apparently needed was on a shelf where a younger woman had stopped her cart with her toddler in it.

Older Woman: “Move! I need [item]!”

Younger Woman: “Ma’am, if you ask nicely, I can move over or hand you the item.”

Older Woman: “I said get out of my way! When I was young, we respected our elders!”

Younger Woman: “Ma’am, when you were young, your elders were worth respecting.”

This seems to completely short-circuit the older woman, and she just stood there with her mouth hanging open for the minute or so it took the younger woman to make her selection and move on.

Andy Capp could take lessons from you, Gaylord.

Her age 1500 is like 39 in regular people years.

Hubby says that especially at a round lot like 1500 years one would love to throw a big party :-D

He’s got a future in politics. “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” ― Winston Churchill

…and a, Very merry unbirthday to me to you.

Gaylord you should run for office.

Broomie could state her age as I do; 39+s&h. Sounds a lot better than 82.

How many years has she been 1500?

I don’t know, I think there was an insult in there somewhere.

My family did that to me the day before my 12th birthday.

What a buzzard.

Happy birthday, fatso.