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February 21, 2007 |
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Social Club Apology
FOUND by Jill Ginsberg
in Deptford, New Jersey
My friend was living with his grandmother at this adult retirement community. He came home one evening to find this note in the door. What on earth happened at that Social Club meeting?
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Bette went ballistic.
she lost at canasta?
It sounds like Bette said something that was not socially acceptable. Maybe she actually spoke her mind at the Social Club meeting, and she is making a necessary but insincere apology the next morning. Fitting in at a retirement community is hard work.
How bad could it be? You go Grandma! Keep 'em
hoppin' at the retirement community. I bet you were the life of the party.
Sounds like Bette had a bit much under her .belt. Poor Bette
Bette crapped her pants.
Old people can be so rowdy! Whadda you wanna bet someone spiked the punch and Ol' Bette got trampy? Bless her heart for having enough juice in her pacemaker to apologize publicly. With age comes wisdom... (sometimes)
Manners aren't dead...yet
Sounds like Bette was doing the drunken hoochie koochie lamp shade dance. And hitting on the Social Club directors husband. Before starting the food fight.
I wonder what Bette did! It was a sincere apology, I think she should have specified exactly what she did to whom that and apologized for hurting the person(s). I hate apologies that minimize the problem and pretend stuff just happened.
I thought retirement communities existed so that you DIDN'T have to live with your rowdy grandmother.....unless, of course, you're a pervy for the blue-hairs.
Shuffle board scuffle at Boca Del Vista, phase II.
bette joined AA this morning and is already making amends.
I wish my community had a social club. And a member like Bette. My life would then be a lot more interesting!
The first rule of Social Club is that you do not talk about Social Club.
I would have hidden in my house for the rest of my life. I'm useless when it comes to being embarrased about something. I just pretend nothing happened. Bette has guts!
I am afraid (or excited) that I'll be Bette in about 50 years!
It sounds like she yelled or snapped at someone because she said "emotions were running very high" which is code for people were arguing and the yelling was escalating. She probably called Gertrude a bit**.
I 2nd what Charlie said, I couldn't say it any better!
My guess is that Bette had a little too much of the painkiller the sweet Dr. Baker prescribed - and well, after that 'awkward' moment with her bra and Mable's 'friend' George - well - it all went downhill from there. Never play canasta when Bette's 'hopped up' - it never ends well.
I wonder what the protocol is at the home - 'three strikes and your out?' or 'three strikes and we call your kids!'
This kind of makes me laugh - we all should have a little feist left in us when we are in a home!
Dudes, I am DYING to know what happened. Damn it!
@ Matt:
LMAO! Hilarious! I can't help but picture Bette and Meatloaf duking it out in the Community Room basement with Tom Waits playing in the background.
I love how it is typewritten and in such an organized form.....clearly Bette was a retired secretary or stenographer who composed and typed these sorts of memos during her career...or maybe a bureauocrat of some sort. Very cool find.
Can't tell what's better, the note or the comments.
Poor Bette.
The comments!
Probably a game of bingo that got way out of control, thous old people can be so mean when they lose!
hurrah peter! hurrah seinfeld!
You must be pretty down on your luck when you have to bunk with Grandma at a retirement community.
Do they have retirement communities that are NOT for adults?
personal problems in a retirement home? man... what happened to relaxation in your old age?
its quite obvious that bette lost it at the meeting last night... they were probably voting on something an she went apeshit... personal problems = weak bladder or too many meds
I forgive her ! She's feeling so bad and ashamed about it , I hope they have mercy .
I hope that when I am old, my life continues to be exciting, and that my retirement home is full of Bettes who will keep me on my toes.
She says that "emotions were running high," in effect, twice("I'm under stress..."), and then she says "but that's not an excuse." She's obviously trying to use it as an excuse.
This is really adorable to me. I bet it was something so minute that she thinks was horrible....awww
Damn.... sounds like good ol' Bette was crack'a'lackin' at the social club.
Maybe she didnt take her meds. Like Granpa Simpson said 'The pink ones stop you from screamin'.'
Sad that the true event is probably not even half as exciting as the one that took place in my mind.
Christina in chicago said:
"You must be pretty down on your luck when you have to bunk with Grandma at a retirement community."
OKAY! that was my first thought too. reminds me of that movie grandma's boy. XD
Having the (unfortunate) experience of lving in AN ACITVE ADULT LIVING COMMUNITY (they too are PC now)let me just say....they know how to throw one or four or twelve back. You haven't lived 'till you've karyoked with elders!
Erin, I doubt that Bette is cooking up some weed as tea like in Grandma's Boy, or maybe that's what she's apologizing for?!?! Hmmm...
hahahaha@Matt from KC
and I can't even imagine what might happen at a 'social club' that I would feel so strongly about as to have written this note!