Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I live in a townhouse condo complex. Yesterday, we had to do cleanup from a snowstorm. There is a routine where workers plow the streets while others driving bobcats plow out the parking spaces in front of the buildings. When you see they are on your street, you go out and clean off your car and move it so they can clear the area.
There is a section of road where most of the cars from my area park when this is going on so you see your neighbors in the process. After the spaces were all cleared, I walked to where my car was so I could move it back in front of my condo. A neighbor (a guy) I have never spoken to was brushing off his car as I approached on the way to my car. He saw me, looked up with a big smile and said, "Hi, Old Timer!". That caught me by surprise. I replied with something like, "Gee, thanks".
What do you say? Weird, or am I being too sensitive? I mean, I know I'm old. Older than that guy. If a friend of mine greeted me that way, I'd just come back with a similar wisecrack. But I'd never met the guy.
There is a section of road where most of the cars from my area park when this is going on so you see your neighbors in the process. After the spaces were all cleared, I walked to where my car was so I could move it back in front of my condo. A neighbor (a guy) I have never spoken to was brushing off his car as I approached on the way to my car. He saw me, looked up with a big smile and said, "Hi, Old Timer!". That caught me by surprise. I replied with something like, "Gee, thanks".
What do you say? Weird, or am I being too sensitive? I mean, I know I'm old. Older than that guy. If a friend of mine greeted me that way, I'd just come back with a similar wisecrack. But I'd never met the guy.