In Between Days

 Saturday/Sunday.

A busy weekend at work. Buses, not bad, weather wasn't great on Saturday intermittent rain that cleared later but still muggy as all hell come later in the afternoon. Sunday was hot from the get go, which meant another unsettled night. There's a good chance it might be hotter Monday. We will see. 

I saw a lot of my regular customers including my Eeyore man, the two sisters and Steven and Olivia. I didn't see Val, but I briefly saw her husband. I hope she's OK, I didn't get chance to ask him as it was only in passing. 

I did have a weird little guy who asked me if the girl on the till opposite was my daughter. Perhaps because she dyes her hair and looks sort of alternative. I replied no, I don't have any children. Poor kid, at least she had a sense of humour about it and when she was going home shouted, see you later Mother! I replied, yeah, next week daughter! God, the questions (usually personal) we have to put up with. There's a Mum and Daughter combo that come in every Sunday, always late, and the Mother is so bloody nosy, she wants to know everything she can find out. They didn't come to me this week, thank God, but, previous weeks it's like 20 questions. I make stuff up now, and I'm sure the Daughter knows, she asked me about kids, if I had any and I said no, oh, she said why not? I just replied that I loved my job so much that I didn't want to take time off from it. Lol. Why do people always think it's OK to ask why you don't have kids? I don't go around asking why they do! Rude. You'll regret it when you're older, you'll have no one to look after you, is another old chestnut that we child free couples have to deal with. Really? I see at least 8 people who live in the surrounding bungalows with kids, who see no one week after week. And a lot of them have family that only turn up to empty the bungalow after they've died. So, if you're reading this and it's a line you've trotted out when you talk to a childless or child free couple, stop it! Sure there are families who are caring etc, I'm not saying that there isn't, but don't even think it's any of your business why someone chooses not to have a family themselves.