🧵 1/3 I’ve been out of commission a couple days due to flu. Feeling better and heading to see family for a bit. Needed to get a couple of errands done. Gas. Meds. A bit of groceries. No biggie.
But it’s Friday before Christmas. Of course. Everyone and their third and fourth cousins are packing places like CVS and Safeway. Parking lots filled with confused people are annoying. Deep breaths.
🧵 3/3 I wonder if we could get vests or lanyards, like service animals, that clearly indicate no one should speak to us unless spoken to. Maybe? I’d wear one.
🧵 2/3 And then there is the table out in front of the store. With the loud cheery person obnoxiously trying to get my attention. I forgot my mace at home.
The only thing I could come up with in the moment was to face them, close my eyes, and slowly shake my head without breaking stride. She still tries twice more. Sometimes I really hate NTs.