On approaching the bus stop yesterday, in brilliant sunshine, there was a lovely young lady already sitting there. I said, “Hello, has the bus gone yet?”
“Not yet,” she replied smiling, “but I am not waiting for a bus. I am just waiting to go to a care home for an interview. I used to be a midwife in my own country. I cannot afford to update here to receive an English qualification; it is so expensive. So I thought I would work as a carer, before training as a general nurse.”
I felt quite sad as we are so short of midwives, as I am sure her country is as well.
Suddenly she asked if I had a tissue. I said, “Yes.”
Then she said, “Not for me, but you have some lipstick on your tooth.”
I thanked her for kindly pointing it out. What a lovely young woman, I wished her well as she made her way to her appointment.
It started me thinking of some other instances of possible embarrassment in public.
Walking around with a shop label still attached to new clothes.
Ladies, skirts caught up in underwear when leaving a public toilet.
Gentlemen not buttoning up after using a toilet facility.
Missed-matched socks or shoes put on in the dark.
Going out without false teeth or eye in situ.
At a lovely wedding, the groom while kneeling declared to all the price of his shoes stuck on his soles. It caused a bit of merriment for a while after.
I am sure you could add many more to this list.
I hope that more of us would have the courage to quietly inform the victim of such an incident.
I was glad my young lady told me. I wonder if her interview was successful. I do hope it was.
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