Ran into my ex-boss at the store. As we passed she said, “Hi!!!” in a tone that said, plainly, “How ARE you?! It’s been a while!” She even paused, thinking we would chat, I guess. I just nodded coldly, said her name, and moved on.

We stopped at the auction house a few days after the auction where we sold our RV. Turns out that I worked briefly, many years ago, with the woman who bought it. Last time I saw her was to fire her from the job! But she greeted me joyously. I was friendly in return, but part of me was going “What’s she so happy about!?”