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On 1/3/2016 5:47 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 15:45:57 -0500, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>> I write checks often. I don't like on-line banking.

>
> Are you one of these charming elderly people at the supermarket
> checkout?
>
> Finding check: 2 mins
> Realizing pen is needed for writing: 3 mins
> Talking to checkout person: 1 mins
> Finding pen between years old peppermints: 2 mins
> Writing on check: 5 mins
> Talking to checkout person: 2 mins
> Checking if amount is correct: 3 mins
> Saying goodbye: 2 mins
>
> It's alright. We all hope to get that old.




>


I tend to get a little impatient too, but what you described is only 20
minutes out of my life but may have been a social and happy moment for
someone elderly who might not get out much.

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