The other day when I was grocery shopping at Meijer (regional grocery chain) I was repulsed by the smell of body odor wafting in the isle.  Somebody smells bad, I thought.  Then, a sudden wave of horror swept over me.  “What if it is me!!!”  But, a quick check of the pits reassured me that I was fine.  So then, who was it?

As I moved down the isle, the odor seemed to lessen.  And, I was fine until I entered the next isle.  There, the odor once again returned.  But, this time, there were only two of us in the isle.  And since I had already knew that I was “clean”, I concluded that it must be the other person.

From then on, every time that I met the other person,  I also met the odor.  A part of me wanted to point out the sale on deodorants.  But, the other part of me told me to keep my mouth shut.  And so I did.  After all, that is what friends and family are for.