I've heard it said that you start to feel old when policemen look young. Well policemen have looked young to me for many years now. Its the same with doctors, they're always so young. I used to work for the NHS as a ward clerk on an orthopaedic ward. It was when the junior doctors were younger than my own daughters that I started to feel really old.
I went to the optician today for my routine check up. My daughter came with me because when you are choosing new frames you have to take your specs off and then you can't see what you look like as you're trying frames on. So she was there to help me.
Having chosen the (very expensive) trendy frames (to help me look younger), we left the optician's and did some shopping.
Reflecting on my visit to the optician's I said,
"I 'm not sure like having a young optician."
" What do you mean a young optician.?" she said "how old was she?"
"Well she was probably a bit younger than you," I replied. My daughter is 34 and a health care professional herself.
"Well how old do you expect an optician to be?" she asked.
"My opticians have always been about my age," I replied.
She then pointed out to me that any optician who was the same age as me would be retired by now just as I am.
"Oh yes," I thought.
" I do hope you didn't ask her if she was old enough to be an optician? " she asked
Well, no I didn't, and she was a very pleasant and professional young lady.
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