Killing time at the gym today (a regular routine). While getting dressed a guy 20 years my senior says to me 'Don't Ever Retire".. I'm thinking, OK this is spooky.. Am I on candid camera? I was waiting for his follow-up comment and figured it would be - you have to keep active, moving, busy..don't let the cobwebs collect. So I nodded and decided not to disclose my situation. Plus I was sort of glad he pegged me for a guy who just couldn't be retired.. too young and verile - I WAS in my bathing suit.. He followed up his warning with "Everybody thinks you have nothing but time on your hands and calls you all the time to go here, do this, do that.. I only wish I was still back at work".. I gave the usual polite nods and a few pre-packaged answers.. He did hang around for a somewhat uncomfortable time period while I tried to organize my post-swimming mess..
Then again, maybe he did have me sized up for a potential retiree. I realized I kept saying 'huh and what' which probably shortened the conversation..He was speaking just fine. As he left the area and I thought about it I realized I had my ear plugs in the whole time. (not bad considering I've driven HOME once with them in)...
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Keep in those earplugs before you do the "Dad" Tarzan yell as your young and virile body hits the water! Did Dad do his yell before Carol Burnett picked that up??
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