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.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lea, I had to share!
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! ; )
ReplyDeleteHaha thank you Rian, I'm sorry but the image you painted of your mom & friends was a bit funny... and guess what? In real life, Mister Spock really was Jewish :^)
DeleteThanks for sharing the (to me) unbelievable conversations. As a huge ST fan, I'm shocked! I thought most people, even non-watchers, would know the main characters. Wowsa!!
ReplyDeleteMargaret--me too!!! I actually don't blame the girl, she's young, like 25. BUT DEE IS 70. C'mon! Anyway thank you my Trekker friend :^)
Deletelol! Always fun around your place! So, my son moved back from London a few months back. The friend he was renting a room from is a huge Star Trek fan and is going to Las Vegas this summer for a convention, I forget what it’s called. Have you ever gone to one? Hope you have a good weekend! Joyce
ReplyDeleteThank you Joyce, that's great about your son's friend. I went to 2 in 1993 and 1996, both in Pittsburgh and they were HUGE fun. Couldn't handle all that noise and people now though! 🖖
DeleteCrazy! When I taught, I was amazed at the high schoolers who arrived without the common knowledge that I assumed everyone had. I had kids who spent their entire Sunday in church but were unable to identify biblical references (Noah? flood?) in literature. But to not know Spock or Cap'n Kirk? Incredible. People just need to watch more television! :0)
ReplyDeleteHaha Marty you're so right, thanks for giving me that laugh 😄
DeleteOh dear, young folks missed out a lot of culture (sez grand-dad, even though I don’t have any grand-kids – you probably need kids to get those).
ReplyDeleteEven I, who’s not a Trekie, know about those things. I guess if you grew up in the era it got absorbed (like knowing the words to all those fifties’ songs, whether they were any good or not).
Thank you Peter, and very true about the absorption. The girl is forgiven, my 70 year old neighbor is NOT. 😩
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