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Yesterday we were mailing some things for the mother-in-law. Standing next to us at the other window was a frail little woman who had entered her pen number wrong 3 times trying to get her pension out. She wasn't understanding what the lady was telling her that her card was no longer usable since she tried 3 times unsuccessfully.
She didn't have a phone so she couldn't call and sort it like the lady told her. The husband and I were both starting to get distressed by it as we think as an agent who dispenses the pension money they should have had to call and help her sort it when she told them she had no way to call.
She said she had to choose between feeding herself and her cat. I watched as she started to leave and she sat on a chair for a moment and looked so frail and worried and really just confused. What a horrible system to have to try and use when your old, tired and sometimes very forgetful. Leaving you at Christmas with nothing open and no way to sort out a mess that they should have had help with the moment they said they had no phone.
Mind you the post office solution of 'Don't you have any family who could help?' *slaps them silly* How exactly were they supposed to call them with no phone to come and help? Not everyone has family living in the immediate walking area to go for help. (to borrow a word from another Ah'er...the asshats!)
Before she left the husband and I had a whisper and I cleared out all the money I had in my pockets and purse and I went after her. I didn't say why or what I heard I just said 'excuse me ma'am' as I tapped her on the shoulder, pressed the money in her hand, gave her a hug and said Merry Christmas'. She looked like she was going to tear up, but not wanting to upset her I withdrew back to help finish the packages.
We saw her as we started to go on more of our errands heading for the grocery store. Hopefully she'll be okay and when she does see her family over the holidays they'll sort it but for right now at least she won't have to make the choice of who to feed first. *sighs*
And yes later we did kick the shit out of ourselves as neither of us had our cellphone with us and we should have taken her to our house and helped her sort the mess.
I'm so glad I keep our driveway cleared of snow on a regular basis.
I hear my idiot neighbors out trying to chip ice away from sections of their drive... and I sit here laughing.
Yesterday we were mailing some things for the mother-in-law. Standing next to us at the other window was a frail little woman who had entered her pen number wrong 3 times trying to get her pension out. She wasn't understanding what the lady was telling her that her card was no longer usable since she tried 3 times unsuccessfully.
She didn't have a phone so she couldn't call and sort it like the lady told her. The husband and I were both starting to get distressed by it as we think as an agent who dispenses the pension money they should have had to call and help her sort it when she told them she had no way to call.
She said she had to choose between feeding herself and her cat. I watched as she started to leave and she sat on a chair for a moment and looked so frail and worried and really just confused. What a horrible system to have to try and use when your old, tired and sometimes very forgetful. Leaving you at Christmas with nothing open and no way to sort out a mess that they should have had help with the moment they said they had no phone.
Mind you the post office solution of 'Don't you have any family who could help?' *slaps them silly* How exactly were they supposed to call them with no phone to come and help? Not everyone has family living in the immediate walking area to go for help. (to borrow a word from another Ah'er...the asshats!)
Before she left the husband and I had a whisper and I cleared out all the money I had in my pockets and purse and I went after her. I didn't say why or what I heard I just said 'excuse me ma'am' as I tapped her on the shoulder, pressed the money in her hand, gave her a hug and said Merry Christmas'. She looked like she was going to tear up, but not wanting to upset her I withdrew back to help finish the packages.
We saw her as we started to go on more of our errands heading for the grocery store. Hopefully she'll be okay and when she does see her family over the holidays they'll sort it but for right now at least she won't have to make the choice of who to feed first. *sighs*
'Tis the season to avoid conflict.
I'm not sure which is sadder, Checking scores on porn stories on Christmas morning or finding new votes and comments
I remember someone posting that there was a way to block a single AV image in Firefox. Could anyone tell me how to do it?
In the meantime, time for breakfast and then on to opening gifts.
Depends on the scores!
Merry Christmas, dude!
Yesterday we were mailing some things for the mother-in-law. Standing next to us at the other window was a frail little woman who had entered her pen number wrong 3 times trying to get her pension out. She wasn't understanding what the lady was telling her that her card was no longer usable since she tried 3 times unsuccessfully.
She didn't have a phone so she couldn't call and sort it like the lady told her. The husband and I were both starting to get distressed by it as we think as an agent who dispenses the pension money they should have had to call and help her sort it when she told them she had no way to call.
She said she had to choose between feeding herself and her cat. I watched as she started to leave and she sat on a chair for a moment and looked so frail and worried and really just confused. What a horrible system to have to try and use when your old, tired and sometimes very forgetful. Leaving you at Christmas with nothing open and no way to sort out a mess that they should have had help with the moment they said they had no phone.
Mind you the post office solution of 'Don't you have any family who could help?' *slaps them silly* How exactly were they supposed to call them with no phone to come and help? Not everyone has family living in the immediate walking area to go for help. (to borrow a word from another Ah'er...the asshats!)
Before she left the husband and I had a whisper and I cleared out all the money I had in my pockets and purse and I went after her. I didn't say why or what I heard I just said 'excuse me ma'am' as I tapped her on the shoulder, pressed the money in her hand, gave her a hug and said Merry Christmas'. She looked like she was going to tear up, but not wanting to upset her I withdrew back to help finish the packages.
We saw her as we started to go on more of our errands heading for the grocery store. Hopefully she'll be okay and when she does see her family over the holidays they'll sort it but for right now at least she won't have to make the choice of who to feed first. *sighs*
And yes later we did kick the shit out of ourselves as neither of us had our cellphone with us and we should have taken her to our house and helped her sort the mess.
Merry Christmas to us!
(We just bought a 54" plasma tv )