HER: Good morning sir, am I disturbing you?
ME: Good morning, not at all. Can I help you?
HER: Yes--hee hee! I moved into #412 this week and wanted to get my wash done. Steiner told me to pick an empty block of time on the calendar in the washroom, but there's no one using it right now, and your apartment number is on there for this morning. Do you need it?
ME: Actually, I'm 402. My neighbor Dee is 401, that's her block of time right now but she isn't home.
HER: Do you think she would mind?
ME: Well, she left a little while ago to run a pan of noodles up to the Catholic Church on Lincoln Avenue for their Friday fish fry. She may want to use it when she gets back. But I don't think anyone else is scheduled on there after her today.
HER: Okay, thank you! I like your door sign, is that Jewish? I love the Jews!
ME: Thank you... no it's not Jewish. It's uh, Vulcan.
HER: Oh.. Balkan. What country are they from?
ME: I think that's a bunch of countries but not Balkan. VUL-can.
HER: Oh, Vulcan! What country are they from?
ME: Um... a tv show, Star Trek. You know, Mister Spock. He was a Vulcan.
HER: I don't, I'm sorry! But you seem very gentle!
ME: Ha, okay... thanks, and nice to meet you. Welcome to the Tiffany.
Later, after Dee comes home. Another knocking on my door. This one is pretty loud.
ME: Hi Dee, what's up?
HER: Can I use your phone? I let my daughter borrow my phone up at Assumption, and the ding-a-ling left and took it with her!
ME: Sure--here ya go. Just tap the phone icon on the bottom.
(Dee calls her daughter and tells her she needs her phone back right away for her pills.)
HER: Here y'go, thanks.
ME: You're welcome. Hope you have a nice--
HER: Why do ya got a man on your phone? None of my business. Is he a soccer player?
ME: No, that's Captain Kirk.
HER: Did you say Catherine? You know I wear a hearing aid.
ME: CAPTAIN. Captain Kirk.
HER: Captain Cook?
ME: No Dee, forget it. He's a character on Star Trek.
HER: Sorry, I don't watch the Disney Channel. My granddaughter does though.
Too funny, thanks for the laughter.
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DeleteThat's pretty funny, Dug. Your apartment life is definitely worth sharing. Reminds me of the times I used to go to lunch with my mom and her friends (all in their 80's and 90's and all with hearing loss). The conversations were interesting and hilarious sometimes as people answer what they 'thought' was asked... but wasn't. Now that I'm 80 and have hearing aids, it's not so funny... (but I still laugh). And I learned something today... never knew Mr. Spock was Jewish! ; )
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