(Snippets from the frontline)
COVID-19: On being a senior
Before they initiated one hour senior headstart at the groceries when toilet paper disappeared, all I wanted was gatorade. Shelves were cleared of almost everything, even things like “get the wrinkles out spray starch”…gone.
There were only a few gatorades left, so I grabbed 10 of them (you had to buy ten to get the “special” price).
That’s all I had in my cart, but as I was heading to the checkout line, a women customer asked if I needed water, and volunteered to give me some from the full cart she pushed around. I declined and thanked her.
At checkout, a gentleman 6 feet behind me asked if I wanted some bottles of fruit juice from his cart. Nope, thanked him, then checked out.
When I got home, I told my wife how friendly people were at the store, and how compliant they were standing 6 feet apart. “They even offered me their water and fruit juice.” Thinking for a moment, she laughingly clarified their kindness…”of course, they thought you were old!”
If I could only find the person who got the can of “get the wrinkles out spray starch.”
I could use it now.
Gene Uzawa Dorio, M.D.
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