Tuesday, July 07, 2009

"Old Bitty Committee"

The 75 year old lady, (we will call her Joy) lived in the apartment for several years, She kept it clean, She paid all the co-op dues. She was a model tenant.
One day Joy needed knee surgery, Possibly replacement. She requested an apartment on the lower level.
When Joy approached the co-op they informed her the fee would be $2000 to move, plus she had to pay rent on the vacated apartment until it was rented.
Therefore she named the ladies with the clipboard, (the ones that walked the apartments to be sure all rules were followed) The Old Bitty Committee.
One day Joy had a visitor, she brought Joy a bunch of wooden hangers. Joy was ecstatic as she loved wooden hangers.
She also had a visitor bring her a few fresh strawberries.
As the visitors left, Joy dropped the hangers into the strawberry bag. She would put them away as soon as she was able to walk from her chair.
Joy Forgot about the berries!!!!
She took the bag to her bedroom and sat it on the floor. (thinking I will put the hangers in the closet later).
Later (like a few days) she spied the bag on the floor and slid it into place on the shelf of the closet.

One day Joy had a doctors appointment. She went to her closet to get her clothes.
Suddenly she panicked. Her clothes were covered with a red coloring, it looked like blood, and it smelled weird.
She called her doctor exclaiming "I can not come in, all my clothes have blood on them".
The doctor told her to call 911.
Joy promptly called 911 and explained the situation,. Blood was on her clothes, and she was scared of what had happened in her closet.
The police promptly arrived, (3 cars) and came in with their arms drawn. Each one covered the other, while one or more eased up the stairs, to the room.
Suddenly the officer emerged with a smirk on his face. "I found the culprit Mam, This is it, Strawberries".
I can only imagine the embarrassment Joy felt when the officers left.
She pleaded with the officers to keep it quiet, Please don't mention my name.
I can say that had to be as embarrassing as the stamp sticking episode.
And yes this is a true story.

2 comments:

Kristina said...

How was your dr visit?

Anonymous said...

LOL, I was getting ready for a church committee story.