Very Old Woman, filling out the application for a library card: Oh, no. I checked the wrong box.
Me: That’s okay you can just scratch it out, please don’t rip up-
Very Old Woman rips up the application.
Me: Yeah, that’s cool too.
Very Old Woman: I need to explain to you why I did that.
Me: You really do not
Very Old Woman: There was this one time, see, someone, ah… I don’t know if it was a ‘he’ or a ‘she’… anyway, they were one o’ them trans, see?
Me: Jesus Christ
Very Old Woman: They checked this little box and then it got used against ‘em!
Me: How?
Very Old Woman: I don’t know, but it was somethin’ on the news.
Me: The free library respects and enforces trans rights-
Very Old Woman: And I refuse to be like them!
Me: I… have no idea what you are trying to say, or how offended I should be by it.
Very Old Woman: I checked the “Male” box on your application by mistake, so I had to destroy it. I am not a male. I am a female!
Me: Good for you.
Very Old Woman: And I can’t leave any evidence…