Get Off Of My Lawn!
So I ran to the Walgreen’s here in Allston to grab a card for the lady for Valentine’s Day. A seemingly innocuous task that should not have warranted a blog post. It didn’t until I was exiting the store. Let me preface this by saying I am a firm believer of walking on the right but I am also I believer in efficiency. I had to check out at the register in the cosmetics department for whatever reason. This meant I was on the far left of the store when facing the exit. As I head to the set of doors I am faced with a dilemma, do I go travel the extra distance to abide by the walking-on-the-right rule or do I travel efficiently? I chose efficiency. This is where things turn ugly. Some grumpy old man is making his way in as I am making my way out. I have drawn a crude map to help illustrate what happened.
I am the blue dots and the old man is the red line of rage. The blob on top is a giant rat that is easily found in Allston.
You can see at the second door how I sidestepped to the right to allow Gramps to pass undisturbed. I guess this wasn’t good enough for him as he muttered under his breath something that sounded like “Two sets of F&^%$#@ doors robble robble.”
Now I am all for respecting my elders but WTF?! It took a second to process and then I replied with “Tough life, eh?” It was the best I could do. I then wrestled with going back in to give this old coot a piece of my mind or just moving on. I decided to move along. Figured it wasn’t worth getting into with some guy who has a week to live and it was a battle I couldn’t win. I was destined to be the bad guy if I decided to debate a senior citizen in a pharmacy.
I just don’t understand why some people choose to go through life miserable. He might have been having a bad day but how did I contribute? I even got out of his way! It was like I wasn’t even there.
No matter what I kind of hope they screw up his heart medicine.
-ed
