a funny thing happened on the way to the forum

and by forum 

I mean the post office.

I was in there buying stamps

and of course there was

a very long line.

Further up the line

there were two old ladies.

and i mean old, like in there 80's

and one, we'll call her Betty, 

she looked like a Betty,

was saying to the other

how she got an email 

saying her account has been hacked

and if she would send back her 

account # and social security #

someone would run a credit check for her

to make sure her identity has not been stolen.

Well, everyone around hearing this is thinking

poor old lady is believing the scam, 

but surely the lady with her, 

we'll call her Martha, 

is going to gently explain 

why she shouldn't do this.

but then, 

a 3rd old lady, Beatrice, behind them in line,

starts yelling at Betty, saying

"i can't believe you are so stupid

you would fall for that scam,

don't you know they are going to steal

your identity and take all your money..." etc.

and so Martha, sticking up for Betty,

starts yelling back.

"it's none of your business, 

who asked you", etc.

and everyone else in line is thinking,

what the what is going on here?!?

old ladies fighting??

and i'm looking for the candid camera people.

so just as it looks like Betty is going to 

smack Beatrice with her enormous bag,

the PO teller man comes out and breaks it up.

But seriously... 

it was crazy.

and hilariously sad.

the holiday spirit

is not what it used to be 

when said old ladies were not so old

i guess...