Old age is onerous. The body stops responding in familiar ways. Flaps and values designed to control bodily fluids don't work on command the way they did at younger ages. Leaking bodily fluids are harder to control. With body systems becoming more unmanageable, and messes more apparent, it is tough to retain a sense of dignity.
Is the van driver upset he has to clean up a mess, or terrified of a vision into his future? And if life isn't hard enough, it doesn't help having to deal with a shit-head in a santa hat!
1 comment:
When you are in the moment, it can be difficult to control yourself when you come across that type of situation. What people fail to remember is yes, that could be you someday. Sometimes it is hard to remember when dealing with the elderly that when they were younger, that stuff didn't happen. They were just like you and I.
It's too bad that people can't get an external vision of themselves. It's amazing how much your behavior changes when you see it from a different perspective.
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