While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a
roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their
meal, they left the restaurant, and resumed their trip.
When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left her
glasses on the table, and she din’t miss them until
they had been driving about forty minutes. By then,
to add to the aggravation, they had to travel quite a
distance before they could find a place to turn
around,in order to return to the restaurant to retrieve
her glasses. All the way back, the elderly husband
became the classic grouchy old man. He fussed and
complained, and scolded his wife relentlessly during
the entire return drive. The more he chided her, the
more agitated he became. He just wouldn’t let up one
minute. To her relief, they finally arrived at the
restaurant. As the woman got out of the car, and
hurried inside to retrieve her glasses, the old geezer
yelled to her,
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“While you’re in there,
you might as well get my hat and the credit card.”