Another Daily Dialogue

Here we go again. One of my Facebook posts :)

Red Cross volunteering..with people 60+ :) Old people are nice, most of the time.

Me: Why do people throw these wonderful clothes away? Some are still perfectly new and seem expensive.
Old lady: Truth be told, a lot of these clothes are from people who just died.
Me: Did you just have to tell me that..:(
Old lady: Hey, look at these super huge pants! Man! That's probably why they died.
Old lady #2: -picks up undergarments- Clearly someone had...(continues with inappropriate comment) Can you think of any of our clients who would fit this?
Old lady #3: What is this person thinking? They look like they were from the 40s!
Me: But didn't you say you were born in the 40s?
Old lady #3: Yeah, but they are like, so out of style! -prances around with another dress she found- Oh so pretty! Hey, grab something too; we can take a picture!
Old lady #4: -sees me looking through clothes on the rack- Michelle, those are for the unemployed! Do you want to be unemployed?
Old lady #5: Michelle, here's a pirates outfit for Karneval! Want it? It's for a 10 year old, but I think you fit.
Old man: Michelle, we are celebrating Rosenmontag next week at 2:30. I'll write you a note so you can skip school and come have cake with us! 

I'm just speechless..

Yep, actually, I'm still speechless. And today, my teacher walked past me in the hallway and said, "Hi, my lady!" -.- I don't really think he meant to say it with that connotation..this is what I mean when I say that while English teachers are by no means extremely bad here (at least not as bad in Asia), they still have some way to go.