niceties
For Christmas one year my little sister and I got long elastic bands for playing jumping games with in our Santa sacks. Some time after midnight, we woke up in bunk beds and started playing with them, stretched around two chairs. Mum was not impressed.
A mean girl I knew as a child was small and had a black bowl-haircut. She stole my Strawberry Shortcake doll, and I found it in her toybox during a play date. Her mother was so embarrassed. I tried to find her on Facebook.
I walked up the hill to my home yesterday after work, and an elderly lady was shuffling up carrying two shopping bags. I wanted to offer her help, but the last time I did the person was super offended. I crossed the road to avoid her instead this time.