During the Christmas holidays our nephew mentioned he would like to go to the symphony. My dear father-in-law ordered the tickets and took all of us. It isn't often we get together. Part of the family lives in Thailand. We were happy to be together. The music was heavenly. During the intermission we met old friends having a good time all around.
It was time to return to the parking garage. We took the elevator...I had some gorgeous mules on but they are the sitting, standing kind. Stunning....not for real walking. Our men folk do not really get the dressy shoe thing. They are not made to walk fast or act as though we are hiking. The elevator dings and it was a free for all. Dignified people turned into a pack of heathens, cutting in line, shoving and pushing .........civilization crumbled! I was last on the elevator.
My back to the door facing my husband taking in the view....an alarm goes off. I wait to see what it is all about. Men are saying "You have to get off"....uh, why me??? Such gentlemen....to tell me to get off. The elevator was over weight. So we get off. Slightly miffed, I have thoughts of a book I read called Lord of the Flies. I am first!
Deep in my own thoughts of how rude the men were... I looked up. Every person in the foyer was looking at me.....a complete audience. Time for a stand up comedy routine. Think fast......."Yes, it was me but actually it was my purse that set off the alarm!!" It was a hit. Smiles all around. Forgetting, I was the two ton tilly (i am average, thank you kindly) that would have been the cause of the elevator to pummel two floors to our deaths.
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