Something happened the other day at the library that at the very least has me scratching my head.
We'll start inside. A patron, a woman around my age (mid 50's), whom appeared to be in decent health and in workout clothes, wanted to know if the library had umbrellas patrons could borrow to go to their car and return later. Yes, its raining, but not very hard and it's not cold out either. And was bewildered that that isn't a service the library provides. She was offered one of the large plastic bags they do provide on rainy days for the books. She declined.
She leaves and the librarian and I roll our eyes. (We are old friends) I go out a few minutes later, it's drizzling and she's on the phone complaining that were no umbrellas for her to use.
I go back to my car and realizing I'm still too early to go pick up DD from school, I grab my phone and try and reach my Mom. I look over and the same woman is accosting people as they walk into the library. Finally a young woman (who I saw walking over from the high school) walks her to her car - the first one after you walk across the access road. She's closer than I am to the library. Total distance - 50 feet....
OK - I guess I could understand if she was elderly or in something that the rain would ruin. But neither was true and the rain was clearly forecast for the entire day... This isn't the Country Club, it's the library.
My DH's opinion was his old line (out of Animal Farm) about some people being more equal than others....
Am I off base or was she just plain old foolish.