Too Much Time Together

I don't hate old people. Generally, they are super nice to me. They give me cookies, and sometimes pay me to do yard work for them because they are unable to do it themselves. I have, however, had lots of interactions with them at the places that I work. I am extremely polite to them, and I have noticed that they are extremely polite to me as well (in most cases). The married ones tend to hate each other very much though.

One time when I was working at In-N-Out, a very sweet old couple came up to me at the register. They each politely ordered their food, and nothing was out of the ordinary until it came time to pay. The man pulled out his credit card and started to pay me, and the woman told him that she had cash and to just wait a second. I was in no hurry (because I got payed by the hour) and was patiently waiting, but the man kept insisting that I take the card because she was taking too long to get the money out of her wallet. Well, yes, she was getting EXACT change, but I didn't care. Anyway, they proceeded to literally start hitting each other in the hands and arms to try to make sure that the other person's form of currency wasn't accepted and were scuffling for probably 30 seconds before the lady finally managed to pry the credit card out of the man's hand and throw it on the ground. While he was picking it up, she smiled at me and politely handed me the correct change. I was flabbergasted at the fact that they were actually being physically violent with each other in such a public place. 

More recently, I was working at a job where I was packing out a house for a very elderly couple in their 80's. Each of these people on their own was a very polite individual, smiling and being very understanding of the situations that were placed before them. However, on multiple occasions daily, the man would require something of his wife or vice versa. He would yell at her and she would yell back and before you knew it there were profanities being thrown all over the place. "Goddamnit Judy" was the most used term I believe. Sarcastic remarks seemed to be what their conversations were mostly made of, but I couldn't even believe some of the other things he was saying to her. I would never willingly defile the eyes of my readers with them. After they had cursed at each other for a few sentences, they would return back to whatever they were doing like nothing happened.

I hope I don't turn out like that, hating the person that I have been with for a long time. It breaks my heart to see people who have stuck it out for so long simply treating their partner like trash, even in public. Sure, I believe that speaking what is on your mind is very important, but sometimes a tone and vocabulary filter do come in handy.