Last Impression

You could do 99 nice things and 1 nasty thing. The one nasty thing is what will be remembered for a long time. After having a wonderful pool season, we gathered together for one last day. The weather was perfect. People came with snacks and drinks. We swam, sunned ourselves, ate and talked. Just before it was time to pack up and leave, one of the group members decided to do something funny. He moved his chair in front of the "town kvetch's" chair. We all thought this was funny because she fought with strangers all summer over their chairs being too close to hers. When she came out of the pool we all waited for her to laugh. Instead she got all huffy and whisked her chair away, grumbling. We all said that it was a joke but she raved on and on about her unhappiness at the unwelcome chair sitting near her chair. The man apologized to her but she did not accept the apology. His wife apologized to her and she was still unrelenting in her anger. Everyone looked at each other, shook their heads and went on with the last bit of the afternoon. When we packed up to leave and said our final goodbyes, all that was remembered of this lady was her bad attitude at the end of the summer. When it comes time for a summer reunion, her name will not be on the list.