Someone took their very old dad in for a vaccine shot when i was at the pharmacy.
The pharmacist complimented him on his sweater. He started rambling about what he liked about the sweater, what he liked about all sweaters, what he liked about buying this sweater.
She asked if this was the original color, he talked about it fading from sun and washing, talked about what attracted him to the original color. They were having a good time.
Son kept trying to get his dad to 'stop bothering' the pharmacist. He enjoyed being heard, listened to.
But she never paused in preparing the shot, the area, the arm. I think she just liked having a conversation that didn't include Fauci, Biden, Trump, conspiracies, individual rights, and so on. She could always have not responded.