Peggy was the life and soul of the Old Folks Home; energetic, perpetually cheerful and full of interesting ideas for entertainment and activities for her fellow companions. However, her main difficulty was overcoming their inertia; they seemed content to sit in their armchairs watching daytime repeats of their favourite old television programmes. Particularly lethargic was a lady called Audrey who though reasonably fit was always reluctant to participate.
The date of the annual summer outing to Brighton was approaching and Peggy’s efforts to persuade Audrey to come were met with a stream of excuses all of which Peggy dismissed.
‘I’m sure you will enjoy it,’ Peggy enthused, ‘it will be a great day out and fabulous value for money,’
‘Look,’ Audrey responded, ‘I’m 83 years old, I probably won’t even be here in 6 months’ time.’
To which Peggy immediately replied, ‘Well if you’re not – I’ll give you your money back’.