A Different Point of View

I’m having a difficult time accepting the perks of aging.

While I don’t hesitate to ask for senior discounts when available, I’m less apt to accept help in physical matters.

At the lumber yard last week, a concerned clerk offered to carry four small boxes of nails and a roll of tape to the cash register for me.

“Thanks,” I told him, “I’ve got it.”

He then asked what I was working on and when I told him it was a roof he said: “Hey, you be careful.”

I don’t know what prompted his concern. I was dressed like all the other guys in the place, even wearing a hooded sweatshirt with a construction com...