I was taking the kids on their daily Government-issue Exercise earlier when the most amusing thing happened.
Strolling down the road on the home-straight, an old girl (60s) was coming the other way towards us. With about 30 metres left to go before she got to us, and long before I had a chance to think about hauling the kids right over to the left, she turned 90 degrees and walked into the road to go around us. Fair enough, I thought, whatever makes her happy. Totally unnecessary, though, as the path (including grass verge) is a good 10 foot across at that point, but whatever, who cares?
Anyway, she was only in the road for a few seconds before I heard an oncoming car lean on their horn. I turned and this car was still a good 20 or 25 metres away but they kept coming, leaning on the horn at the old girl in the road. The driver of the car was also an old girl (60s). It then quickly became a Mexican Stand Off of sorts, but at speed, as the bird in the road refused to get back on the path, screaming about social distancing, and the bird in the car in return refused to slow down or change course. It was a hairy few seconds but they passed by each other with centimetres to spare, but loads of cuss words from both parties were exchanged. They weren?t chavs, either; both were your typical Final Salary Boomer types.
It?s a sign that times are getting hard when the Boomers turn on each other.