Hall: Seniors March To Slow Drummer

The silver-haired woman ahead of me in line at the grocery store was as skilled at dawdling as she was stunning for a woman of 80 or so. (Late in life, a man reaches a point where there is no such thing as a woman so old she isn’t attractive. I sometimes feel sorry for 25-year-olds who are too callow to recognize female beauty much beyond 40.) My encounter with the silver-haired woman came during the late afternoon rush to stock up on Idaho potatoes and other groceries on the way home from work. But the retired woman seemed not to notice people in line behind her were still living frantic lives. She didn’t even empty her cart onto the moving belt until it was her turn to pay. Only then did she slowly take the milk and the coffee and the chicken and the canned green beans and the eggs and a six pack of designer beer out of her cart to place them on that belt. As she took her own sweet time, the time-driven customers behind her glanced nervously at their watches/ Bill Hall , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Do slower Seasoned Citizens aggravate you at checkout lines, on roadways, or other places?