CALL ME SNAKE

I was waiting for the reference librarian at the Cambridge Library to order a hard-to-find math/physics text. Two people were ahead of me. The woman turned to the man behind her and said: “You seem to be in a hurry. Why don’t you go ahead of me?”

“I’m not in a hurry,” he replied. “I’m retired.”

“I’m retired too,” she said.

“Well I’m NOT retired,” I chimed in. “Mind if I go ahead?”