Current mood:

apathetic

All dressed up and no place to go
My grandmother was having a nervous breakdown tonight because her cordless phone's battery ran low, so I went over to her place. While there, I reminded her about the special needs of cordless phones (occasionally being charged, for example), and I had to explain it about 10 times.

Her: "So we should go to the store and buy a new phone, right?"
Me: "Um. No. You should leave this one on its base all night so it will recharge. It'll be fine in the morning."
Her: "But it needs new batteries, right? It said, "Low Battery", so we should go buy some batteries for it?"
Me: "Nope. It just needs recharging. Leave it on the base tonight."
Her: "But what do I use to call people tonight?"
Me: "The other phone that isn't cordless."
Her: "But I can't take that one in the other room.."
Me: "That's right."
Her: "Can't we just buy a cordless phone that doesn't need any kind of charging?"
Me: "There is no such thing."

Then she wanted me to bring her someplace.
Me: "You're in your pajamas."
Her: "No! I wear this every day!"
Me: "Yeah. It's the same pajamas you wear every day."
Her: "I can't go like this?"
Me: "If you go anywhere with me like that, you're definitely not getting out of the car."

Later, while still wearing those same pajamas, she said, "I'm gonna go in the other room and change into my pajamas." I was like, "But you're.. ah, never mind.."