Today I went to work and work was at a hotel. Ooolala, you might say.
But! It was a quilting event. We brought in an educator who talked about things she'd made, new techniques, new products (of course), and then we made a purse! Yea!
The average age of people there was probably sixty or sixty-five. Although I could be wrong--there were a few people complaining of hot flashes.
When you get around people who are thirty or more years older than you are, you start realizing that their names aren't like yours. It gets to be kind of fun, actually.
We had to make their nametags. There were normal names like "Dotty" and "BoPeep" and "Bunny". Then there were the old lady names.
An example--my grandmothers are Irene and Helen. Helen is sort of coming back into vogue, but Irene might be down for the count.
Today we had
Pearl
Doris (Three)
Grace (Two)
Polly
Marna
Betty (Two)
and a bunch more I can't remember, but I assure you this is a quality sample of the names we had walking around.
Will people be saying that behind my back in thirty years? "Did you see her nametag? Dotty! Who's called Dotty anymore?"
Posted by dotty at October 12, 2005 11:55 PM