Ticket agent: Do you have an injured leg?
Me: Yes, just an ankle thing.
Agent: Do you need wheelchair assistance?
Me: Absolutely not.
Agent: How did you hurt it?
Me: I won’t bore you. You wouldn’t believe me
Agent: There is nothing you need me to do for you?
Me: Pretend this conversation never happened.
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Me: How’d you do? Grocery store cashier: [looks up from her scratcher] Huh? Oh sorry, I didn’t see you there. Just a second. (finishes scratching […]