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GSOH? not me apparently

Marjorie195

I recently got roped in to help with a street collection for the MS society (multiple sclerosis).

While collecting, a man said in passing "are you collecting for Marks and Spencers"?

I immediately replied "no the multiple sclerosis society".

I do wish that I could learn to keep my mouth shut long enough to realise someone is joking. I am so slow at these things, even though I am a pensioner.

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    Hi Marjorie,

    What would be the point of getting worried and upset by this? You have a choice:

    a) you can either write it off as a mistake that you would rather not have made but just put it down to experience/senior moment/one of those things. It is just hard for us to come back with the right response in the tiny amount of time that such encounters give you.

    b) You can get upset by it and let it ruin your day/week/year

    Would the man on the clapham omnibus give more than a moments thought to this? Probably not.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Hi Marjorie,

    What would be the point of getting worried and upset by this? You have a choice:

    a) you can either write it off as a mistake that you would rather not have made but just put it down to experience/senior moment/one of those things. It is just hard for us to come back with the right response in the tiny amount of time that such encounters give you.

    b) You can get upset by it and let it ruin your day/week/year

    Would the man on the clapham omnibus give more than a moments thought to this? Probably not.

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