conversations with old people

Me: oh excuse me, Maurice, I didn’t see you were waiting for the bathroom.

Maurice (old man who loiters at davidstea every day): oh, please, after you. I was taught that ladies must go first.

Me: thanks! There are no more gentlemen anymore.

Maurice: do men not treat women well anymore?

Me: no *sigh* not really. Umm actually, not at all.

Maurice: but… how else are men supposed to get women? By acting like gentlemen and treating women with respect and decency.

Me: I know! IS WHAT I’M SAYING.

Maurice: I am so, so sorry.

Me: it’s alright. I guess. whatever.