The other day while taking the dog for a walk, a woman stood beside us as we waited to cross Spadina. She held a pink flyer in her hands and she kept looking at it, smiling. It advertized a variety of deals for spa treatments. Slightly mesmerized, she kept staring as if it was a document she couldn’t believe. When she spotted Heidi, our Miniature Dachshund, she wasn\u2019t sure where to smile, uncertain of just what idea (dog or spa) gave her more pleasure.<\/p>\n
In the Shopper\u2019s Drug Mart a nearly elderly woman with a walker clunked slowly along in front of me. \u00a0Very cheerfully and talking to nobody, she chattered to herself, \u201cOh, look at all the rubbish that\u2019s on sale, rubbish, rubbish, rubbish!\u201d<\/p>\n
The line-up was customarily long and so the cashier called the cavalry. A woman, brusque in every conceivable manner, came and staffed one of the registers, announcing that the next person waiting in line should migrate over. But instead, the last person waiting in line darted over and seized the opportunity. He had all manner of sinus medication in his arms and looked sullen and sour, like somebody who just lost at the dog track. I gave him an \u201cI Know What You Did\u201d look, to which he responded by trying to look sicker.<\/p>\n