She was hunched over, frail and carried a cane. At the edge of the steps about to walk down she looked so teeny, susceptible to an unhealthy tumble. “Sure you don’t want to take the elevator, Methuselah?” I said. “No, no, I’ll be fine,” she warbled. That lying wrinkly twat! I’d seen her before. We’d had the loveliest of chats — she’s 200 years old, she is, and had some stories to tell from the days of yore, as you might imagine. But the last time I recall she had taken the elevator, as I had suggested.
Well, I just couldn’t see it, her getting down those stairs in one piece. I ran to aid her. “I’ll help you — here,” I said offering my arm. “Well, I could just hold the banister,” she said. But it was two miles away from where we stood in the center of the steps. “Here, let me,” I said again. “Oh, o-okay,” she warbled taking my arm, and blibbity, bop, clop, cloppity, clack, crack – we both fell! “Oh, oh, I told you I wanted to hold the banister,” she bleated – “You meant well, but you don’t know how to hold a person,” she scolded. What the — why, I orta! We finally got her old ass up off the steps, she went to her car and drove away.
From here on end, any half-dead, dried up raisins I see who need help crossing the street, or stepping off the bus can kiss my ass! And I’ll be good goddamed if you get my seat on the bus – no, no, I’ll continue to do this – so people can see how magnanimous I am. But other than that I mean well, but I just don’t know how to hold a person — so fuck off and die!
Wow, she sure was a nasty old bat!! No good deed ever goes unpunished, obviously! What is it with these people? Something like that happened to me not that long ago, Sandee—I helped a elderly woman with her shopping cart up the stairs, and she said “I don’t need your help.” Fine, I’ll just fuck off then.
You still get brownie points for being a nice person—the old bat will get points deducted from her account, I’m sure!
Yeah, it’s a bummer when your good deed is ignored. I tell you, I jest about not helping old people anymore, but really I’ll think twice in a situation like the one today where I might be more of a hindrance than a help.
She’s probably just bitter from being old…it was nice of you to offer, i dont know if i would have offered again after the first time…
I know, I should just have listened to her the first time…
I-800-U-KILL-ME! Am inpatient & just read aloud for a friend – thanks!!!! We’re dying laughing!
Hee hee hee! Thanks MM! I love to hear you laugh 🙂
What an ole bitchy bat!!!
Indeed! You know I wonder if I had left her alone how she would’ve done — really — I was worried she’d tumble down all those steps. As it was, we just fell where we were — it was kinda funny!
Auntie Sandee,
You did something nice… Fuck it if she couldn’t take your kindness. You did good.
Le Clown
Yeah! My nephew always has my back! Thanks Le Clown 🙂
You really don’t know how to hold a person?
Apparently not… What up Ork!
that’ll teach her to be frail and old
Yeah! But I know I should have left her alone — she told me not to help her — totally my fault — forcing my help on someone!