Location: The doctor’s office
Me (to the elderly woman in the wheelchair): They told me to come in here. Is someone supposed to find us or do we check in somewhere?
Her: Did you check in at the main desk?
Me: Yes.
Her: Then you’re good. Sit down.
Me: Okay.
Her: Yep, just take a seat and relax.
Me: Okay.
Her: Yep, just sit down, shut up, and hold on.
Me: *Eye-ing the seat far away from her* uh, okay.
Her: Yeah **Sees me taking out a book** Sit down and read.
Me: Yep.
Her: I should just talk to you the whole time, really irritate you.
Me: You could try, but it’s a really good book.
Silence.
I take out the book, start reading.
Her: You’re lucky you can read.
Me: *Not giving up* Yeah.
Her: I can’t read.
Me: *Thinking, yeah lady, neither can I* Hmm, try audio books.
Her: *Turning to caretaker* What do we know about audiobooks.
Me: *Digs into bag and pulls out headphones & makes a metal note to remember this conversation because it’ll make for a great novel scene, one day*.