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Old 04-24-2020, 10:18 PM   #54
SailinAway
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In mid March, just as everyone was waking up to the reality of the crisis, I stepped aside to let a customer exit the dollar store, giving her 6 feet of space. She thought that was pretty funny. She made a scary face, wiggled her fingers at me, and said, "I'm going to GET you!!" and passed close to me. Her intent clearly was to make fun of me for thinking there was some kind of crisis going on. Sometimes you just have to ignore ignorance.
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If you can’t understand a bit of social sarcasm with a stranger passing you in a store entry, you have a deeper problem...it’s called being human.
I'm afraid it went beyond humor as she intentionally came within a foot of me as she passed by me. If someone did that to you today I bet you'd have a strong reaction.
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