Ruth, from 16

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Meet "Ruth," from 16.

As I was climbing aboard the Camelot Express, I was followed in by Ruth, from 16. I was just hanging up the phone with Hayley when dear Ruth's little dog began nipping at my toes. "SWEETIE! Stop it!" (What a nice name for a dog.) "What kind of service do you have, dear?" as she pointed to my cell phone. "Oh, Verizon, I'm just so thrilled with their customer service." She smiled and said: "You know, I just switched to Verizon from TMobile and I'm happy I made the switch." (This entire experience was beginning to feel like a cell phone commercial.) As the elevator arrived on my floor, I began to exit when dear Ruth began to explain her recent obsession with downloading ring tones. "I just downloaded 'Shiny Happy People' and I call myself to hear my phone ring with that song!" I started to laugh. The door closed and she gave me a thumbs up.

Dear Ruth. You're close to 70. Your dog smells, and likes to bite my toes. But, you rock out to R.E.M. on your cell phone. You're a pretty amazing gal. Oh Ruth, it was a pleasure chatting with you tonight.