You honk at them for going 35mph on a 55mph road. You see them flood Denny’s for the early bird special. Elderly people, they may seem harmless, but they’re anything but that. I just happened to learn this the hard way.
On a rainy December day, I was bringing groceries to my Grandma, who lives in assisted living home. I was waiting by the elevator with the basket of groceries thinking to myself, “Wow, this is the SLOWEST elevator… I hope it’s packed in there?”. As I elevator finally came to the first floor I was relieved to see to would just be me and a security guard in the tiny elevator. Well that didn’t last long. I only needed to get to the sixth floor, but we were stopped at the third floor. As the elevator door opened I saw a massive crowd of elderly folk waiting to get in; I think I almost cried. “Let’s pile in! We have a bingo party to get to!” one elderly lady stated. I was scared. Nine people in a six foot by five foot , two canes, a walker, a dog, and my basket of groceries. Makes you feel claustrophobic just reading it. So we finally get everyone crammed in and make it to the sixth floor and as I start exiting the elevator my worse fear came true. Just when I thought I was in the clear, it happened. I felt a tiny elderly hand grab my bum. I thought I was going to collapse into the fatal position right there. I was to afraid to look back to see who the culprit  was and quickly walked away as fast as I could.
Things that I have learned from this incident:
1) Elderly people really do smell like soap.
2) Elderly people are inpatient when it comes to their bingo parties.
3) Elderly people should NOT be underestimated!