We were shopping yesterday when I noticed a JW woman from our old congregation in one of the aisles. Normally I would go up and say hello, because I'm neither DFd or DAd, but we were in a bit of a hurry, and I didn't want to spend much time in frivolous small talk. A little background on her: when we knew her she was a pioneer, and could very well still be one; her mother is a pioneer; her twin sister is a pioneer, etc.... you get the idea. She was one of the people in the congregation who seemed to lead the gossip mill, always ready to point out someone's spiritual weaknesses and assassinate their character behind their back. But, it was overlooked because she's a pioneer and her victims were not.
Anyway, we were waiting at the checkout, and she pulls up her shopping cart two aisles over from where we are. I gave a friendly wave hello and instead of waving back, she puts her hand up in front of her face like a shield, as if it will keep us from noticing her. I immediately burst out laughing. We paid for our things and went to the car.
As it turned out, her car was parked right in front of ours. We were waiting for hubby to return to the car after going to the mailbox in front of the store entrance, and Sister StuckUp pulls her shopping cart in place, looks directly at me with a sour-puss glare, and then proceeds to turn her back to me. She unloaded her shopping cart into her car, keeping her back to me the whole time. This was quite an accomplishment, because it would have been a lot easier for her had she been facing me, or at least didn't feel it necessary to put on "the show" for me. I started laughing again, and rolled down my window, so she could hear me. She was clearly rattled by my being there.
Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you. I thought it was hilarious in a pathetic sort of way.
Love, Scully