my friend Marija told me about how she tricked an elderly lady into taking her seat on the bus. She said she couldn’t just offer it to her because she assumed the lady would be too proud to take it. So Marija’s solution was to put on an entire act of getting off the bus. She pretended to peek out the window as if she was looking out for her stop. She rang the bell (“I knew someone had already pulled it, so I was good”), and then finally stood up as if she was ready to get off.
And it worked. The old lady took Marija’s seat. And Marija…just stood there.
“Oh!”, the old lady said, “I thought you were getting off!”
“Nope”, said Marija.
My friend Marija is insane. In a truly wonderful way that is one of a kind.
The girl who just can't play it cool 