"Ruth, hello, how are you?" I yell, delighted to see my favorite elderly passenger, who is little hard of hearing.
“I am 96, how do you think I am” she yells back.
“I see…” I say “ so, where are we headed today?
“Off to the Emerald city Lucy, that’s where!” Which turns out to mean Burlingame, suburb well known for it’s exciting vicinity to the airport. “Thrilling, I know” she ads.
I try to strap her in, and she objects “I don’t want the damn seat belt, those broccoli cheese bombs got me little bloated”.
“Ruth” I yell in her ear “if you don’t use the seatbelt in even the smallest of accidents you turn into a projectile and fly through the windshield!”
“Wonderful” She says. “That is gonna solve all my problems at once”
Not on my watch, I think. Not on my watch.
“I am 96, how do you think I am” she yells back.
“I see…” I say “ so, where are we headed today?
“Off to the Emerald city Lucy, that’s where!” Which turns out to mean Burlingame, suburb well known for it’s exciting vicinity to the airport. “Thrilling, I know” she ads.
I try to strap her in, and she objects “I don’t want the damn seat belt, those broccoli cheese bombs got me little bloated”.
“Ruth” I yell in her ear “if you don’t use the seatbelt in even the smallest of accidents you turn into a projectile and fly through the windshield!”
“Wonderful” She says. “That is gonna solve all my problems at once”
Not on my watch, I think. Not on my watch.