If we’re lucky, we will all grow to a ripe old age. And, if
we’re luckier still, we’ll do it with someone we love by our side. I think it
would suck to grow old alone, especially as you become more and more dependent
upon others.
That said, I would like to share a short story about
something I witnessed today while shopping for groceries. I must warn you, this
is sad, so be prepared. Have a tissue nearby and step away from the story if
you need to.
Oh, I almost forgot, you will need to use your best shaky
old lady voice for some parts of this story. I will place in parenthesis the
letters “SOLV”, like this (solv), at points in the story where the voice will
be necessary.
Old people sometimes get in the way. It’s not their fault,
but it’s often a source of frustration for me. Have you ever been to Costco
during lunch and then decided to grab one of those hotdog and soda deals while
there? It’s a fast inexpensive lunch unless old people are there, and they
always are. I don’t know what the heck is wrong with them, but they just seem
completely oblivious to things happening around them.
They always hold up the line at the soda machine and
condiment bar. I remember once, there was this elderly women in one of those
electric scooters just parked in front of the condiment stand. She literally
had like five hot dogs that she was attempting to adorn with all of the
fixings. OMG! I wanted to simply push her little scooter the f out of the way.
I mean, seriously, move it you old bat!
They shuffle around asleep at the wheel getting in the way. It’s
Like we need to keep all of them on a leash or something, sheesh.
Well, that’s the way I used to think. I was one cold hearted
son of a b. But, I saw something today that really put things in a new
perspective. Here comes the sad part of
the story… L
I stopped to pick up a few items from the grocery store on
my way home from work. As usual, the place was chock full o’ old folks, but,
for the most part, things were calm. I stayed out of their way and they stayed
out of mine. At least until I entered the cereal aisle.
I couldn’t get through because there was a tiny, frail,
little old lady slowly and carefully reading the label on a bag of Malt O’ Meal
cereal. Her cart was positioned in such a way as to block the entire aisle and
she stood smack dab in the middle, shaking like a leaf, just reading away. Ugh!
Dammit! Now, I have to wait, who knows how long, for her to finish and move on,
Shit!
Suddenly, a younger woman appeared and walked up to the
elderly lady. She slowly looked away from the bag of cereal and asked the
younger woman (solv) “Can we buy this? Please…” To wit, the younger woman
replied “No Mother, I’m not buying that. You’ll have one bowl and never eat it
again!”
Oh my God, I… I just couldn’t believe it. My heart literally
melted and a tear welled up in my eye. For crying out loud, it’s a $3.00 bag of
cereal, who cares if she never eats it! Buy it for her! How many years did she
put up with your crap? Did you forget the fact that she gave you life
and raised you? Holly shit! It made me so freaking angry. The saddest part of
all is that it didn’t end there.
That sweet little old woman later picked up a bag of Tootsie
Pops. She, once again, carefully read the label, slowly looked up at her
daughter and asked (solv) “Can we get these? Please…” and, once again, her
daughter sharply turned her simple request down. It was one of the saddest
things that I have ever witnessed…
I guess I’ll never look at old people the same way again. I’ll
certainly try to be a little more patient from now on.
So, why is this post in the M4W section? Because I’m looking
for a date, duh. I’m an awesome guy, I have absolutely no clue why I’m still
single.
I’m 6’ tall, 175 pounds, short brown hair, big dark brown
eyes, and pretty cute :)
If you liked my ad and would like to get to know the guy behind
it, I hope to hear from you. Until then, take care!!
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