{"id":83482,"date":"2021-02-18T07:46:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T12:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=83482"},"modified":"2021-02-18T07:46:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T12:46:52","slug":"the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few articles back I remarked on the \u201cUm\u201d people. Those poor souls who are in line ahead of you at a counter in a place where you have to make selections, like in a deli or a donut shop. Um people draw a blank when the clerk asks what they would like, and respond with, \u201cUm,\u201d and then repeats it after each selection. When it\u2019s time to pay and the clerks asks, \u201ccash or credit,\u201d a whole new series of Um\u2019s accompany a search through pockets and\/or purse.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This article is about a Huffer, another phenomenon that emerges in lines. It\u2019s one I\u2019d forgotten about until brought to my attention by friends, Paul and Carol. They were at a pharmacy where they observed a \u201cHuffer\u201d in full bloom. They were at the \u201cdrop off a prescription\u201d counter; the Huffer was at the \u201cpick up a prescription\u201d counter. The clerk was waiting on them; the Huffer was impatiently waiting her turn, as only a \u201cHuffer\u201d can; arms crossed and re-crossed, weight shifted from right to left with huffs coming from her pie hole each time she switched arms and legs. They said she sounded like a steam engine, idling in a train station.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Paul and Carol\u2019s turn was taking a little while since it was a complicated situation with a doctor from another state at their side trying to negotiate through the web of two different sets of state regulations. It just added steam to the Huffer at the other counter. The intensity of folding and unfolding her arms and the sideways back and forth pacing increased as each second passed; as did the frequency and volume of the huffing.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, their transaction was completed, and as they walked out of the prescription area, they were greeted with a goodbye Huff and then heard a portion of her comments to the poor clerk, \u201cAnd they don\u2019t even live here.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A line behavior experience like this is pure entertainment to me. (It doesn\u2019t take much to entertain an old coot.) There is no reason to let something like this irritate you. When you find yourself huffing, puffing and um\u2019ing, remember, someone is probably watching you and suppressing a chuckle. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Comments? Complaints? Send the former to <a href=\"mailto:mlessler7@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mlessler7@gmail.com<\/a>. Keep the latter to yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few articles back I remarked on the \u201cUm\u201d people. Those poor souls who are in line ahead of you at a counter in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":82349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019 - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019 - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A few articles back I remarked on the \u201cUm\u201d people. Those poor souls who are in line ahead of you at a counter in a...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-18T12:46:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/11\/Old-Coot.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/\",\"name\":\"The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019 - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/11\/Old-Coot.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-18T12:46:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/11\/Old-Coot.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/11\/Old-Coot.jpeg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":225},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\",\"name\":\"Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\",\"name\":\"psadvert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"psadvert\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019 - Owego Pennysaver Press","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019 - Owego Pennysaver Press","og_description":"A few articles back I remarked on the \u201cUm\u201d people. Those poor souls who are in line ahead of you at a counter in a...","og_url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/","og_site_name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/","article_published_time":"2021-02-18T12:46:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":225,"height":225,"url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/11\/Old-Coot.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"psadvert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"psadvert","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/","name":"The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019 - Owego Pennysaver Press","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/11\/Old-Coot.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-02-18T12:46:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/11\/Old-Coot.jpeg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/11\/Old-Coot.jpeg","width":225,"height":225},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2021\/02\/18\/the-old-coot-rediscovers-the-huffer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Old Coot rediscovers the \u2018Huffer\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/","name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492","name":"psadvert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"psadvert"},"url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}