dismissed

so there is this lady who lives in our building. she's a bit older than me. she's about 80. and every time i see her in the hallway or the lobby or the elevator, i always say hi to her. 'cause she is a genuinely nice lady. very pleasant and accommodating. and always in the mood to chat. about anything really. and not just topics that are of interest to her. no, she will often ask me what's going on in my life at the moment. and then proceed to carry on a conversation about those subjects for the next several minutes. but here's the thing. the moment one of her "contemporaries" shuffles by, meaning one of her octogenarian pals, she immediately abandons me in favor of her generational peer. and what's more, the old dame doesn't even make an effort at tact or discretion when she makes up her mind to flee. no, basically she just stops speaking to me, sometimes in mid-sentence, before wandering off in search of her mah jong partner. harsh.

"can you feel the burn in your glutes?" - anonymous

there is a little something called decency, you know