Courteous Bite Back

Lilly was really a sweet girl. She didn’t know how she gleaned a reputation for being the opposite. Well, here’s how it happened. Lilly was walking down the street after volunteering at the hospital when she sneezed. She was uncertain whether the old man on the bench said, “god bless you.” She didn’t want to offend, so just in case, she said, “thank you.” From then on, she resolved to always say thank you after she sneezed in public to reciprocate anyone’s politeness. However, this ended up making people think she pretentiously expected people to faun over her bodily functions.