Daffodil
27th June 2006, 11:42 AM
I really liked this one :balloon:
There she stood in the line at the post office, a line that wound its way almost out the front door. A fellow customer spoke to the elderly lady waiting to buy some stamps.
"Ma'am, you must be very tired. Did you know there's a stamp machine over there in the corner?" He pointed to the machine built into the wall.
"Why yes, thank you," the lady replied, "but I'll just wait here a little while longer. I'm getting close to the window."
The customer became insistent.
"But it would be so much easier for you to avoid this long line and buy your stamps from the machine." The woman patted him on the arm and answered,
"Oh, I know. But that old machine would never ask me how my grandchildren are doing."
There she stood in the line at the post office, a line that wound its way almost out the front door. A fellow customer spoke to the elderly lady waiting to buy some stamps.
"Ma'am, you must be very tired. Did you know there's a stamp machine over there in the corner?" He pointed to the machine built into the wall.
"Why yes, thank you," the lady replied, "but I'll just wait here a little while longer. I'm getting close to the window."
The customer became insistent.
"But it would be so much easier for you to avoid this long line and buy your stamps from the machine." The woman patted him on the arm and answered,
"Oh, I know. But that old machine would never ask me how my grandchildren are doing."