A selection of observations of elderly people from my work at the co-op! Sarah asked me to upload them to the blog! Some may need further explanation to understand them, but otherwise, each bullet point may be a good stimulus for you to use for making your own stories!

1.     I asked an elderly lady,

“How are you today?”

“What?” she replied,

“I said how are you?”

“Sorry!” She said, “It’s just that no-one ever talks to me!”

2.     Confusion of contactless card payment.

3.     Keeping their money in their pension book.

4.     “UKIP!”

5.     Taking forever to find the right money

6.     “How are you?”

“Terrible thanks!”

7.     “No receipt, it’s all on my computer!” He says, incredibly proudly!

8.     Chip man

9.     Yes man

10. Loaf of bread lady… ‘Monster of a loaf!’

11. Mobility scooter man

12. ‘Much obliged!’

13. Commenting on the weather

14. 20 Pall Mall superkings blue

15. “Could you split the load?”

16. Trying to negotiate the aisles in a mobility scooter

17. They always buy jam… always

18. “How are you?”

“Fair to middling”

19. They are the only people who ever have coupons for newspapers

20. Why 7am?!