Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant

I Need to Be More Polite

Maud: "Nowadays I'm mean. If somebody asks to sit at my table, I don't look up from my book. 'Go ahead,' I say, 'but I'm reading.'"

Funny. Just today, I told a LaRouche supporter that I would remove three of his fingers and make him a true "forgotten man" if he didn't leave me alone, while he was pestering me during my subway reading time. Now that I think about it, Maud's approach is probably swifter and more polite. But, dammit, it was a good part.