I Helped An Elderly Gent Yesterday.

[icyfroth]

In the Supermarked. I was doing some fruit and veg shopping and noticed him struggling to open the produce bag. I've struggled with them before so I wondered if I should help him or would he feel I was being patronised.

As I walked past him I jokingly said, "you have to spit on it"! I always wet my thumb and index finger to open the bags.

We laughed and he went pretendy "ptui ptui" on the bag.

I went around and got some tomatoes and deliberated whether I should get the lemons from USA or limes from Aus.

When I looked up he was still patiently struggling with the bag.

I felt bad then about the flippant spit comment and said "can I help you"? He gave me the bag and I showed him how I lick my thumb and finger and the bag opened straight away! (It's not always that easy).

Anyway we had shared another laugh about it and went about our shopping.

I had to get the fruit and veg guy to help me with mine once.

[chuk_77]

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@georgiajake2010 wrote:
Everyone is entitled to their opinion unless it's different to mine. I think she was looking for kudos for doing one good thing, Lordy, Everyone can only hope Im not the norm - like I said before and keep saying, the thing she did today is what most people do everyday - like myself. I rescue children, pfft but that's just my job - I need a shout out. Merry Christmas

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there I fixed it

[lind9650]

Georgiajack,

When you have been posting on the eBay boards as long as most members here have been, you may learn some fairness, politeness and understanding. Icys humour keeps a balance between the political boards and banality of everyday life. And so do many other posters that have their ups and downs in life, but can still laugh about trivial things.

Life is to short to be miserable all the time. At your age you have no right to tell anyone how to behave or what to post in a certain way, save your own children, and even then you may be wrong.

May I ask you why you are such a sourpuss? You seem to be a very unhappy, selfrighteous and judgemental young person, without showing any experience of real life. Almost like a spoiled brat.

Yes, I am one of the old people here, that you seem to detest so much. Most likely the oldest. I have seven Great-grandchildren, the oldest three have been going to School for the last three years. My husband and I have just celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary. Yes, seventh, not seventieth. My undies are not what you call Granny nickers, they are modern, sexy underwear like all women wear today. Shops don't cater for the oldfashioned Grannies anymore, because storybook Grannies belong to the past. Just look around you and remember that time goes quick and in no time you'll be a Granny of 70 or 80.

May fortune protect you from Karma.

You have an awful lot to learn about how to get along with people and how to be a friend.

Tolerance is not your forte by the look of it.

Cheers, Erica

[azureline**]

Perhaps the norm for icy is to help others out but the telling of might not be her usual...................

[azureline**]

Judging by Georgia's familiarlarity of past posters, I suspect she is a recycled old poster.

[silverfaun]

I wish you were my Gran. What a beautiful post. Happy Christmas.

[georgiajake2010]

Like I said previous - because I have a different opinion on the motives behind the thread - I get shot down. Free speech peoples 🙂 Icy froth knew when she posted that she would get more attention and slaps on the back for an insignificant thing that anyone with a heart would do. Sorry - should I run the list of what I do for people. Pfft

[georgiajake2010]

Auzuine - I've been in and out of this forum since 2003

[not.a.sock.puppet]

[georgiajake2010]

Oh and Lind9650 - you don't live my world or know what it's like especially to be a parent of a 3 yr old and 13 yr old. Times have changed since the 1950's

[izabsmiling]

Icy wrote:I showed him how I lick my thumb and finger and the bag opened straight away! (It's not always that easy).

that's nice that you helped someone open a fruit bag  in a supermarket