Article content Remember in the “before” days when you would go to a restaurant, and the hubbub of a room full of people would pretty well guarantee privacy in your conversations? Recently we ate out and were the only customers aside from one other older couple across the room. I’ll call them couple A. Before too long, another couple, couple B, entered and, wouldn’t you know it, they were acquaintances of couple A. And because they were seated in yet another corner of the dining room, it was impossible not to overhear the catch-up conversation between the two couples. Now at this point, I will interject with the observation that gentleman B from the start was clearly having a lot of trouble hearing his wife, with “eh?” the reply to everything she said. Lady A mentioned she couldn’t see to read the menu because her glasses were being adjusted at the optometrist’s, whereupon Lady B replied that her husband couldn’t hear because his hearing aids were also in the shop. In fact, HE was wearing HER hearing aids! A few snarky comments passed through my brain, but thankfully they didn’t escape through my mouth. In fact, I was happy that these old friends could safely enjoy their lunch out and even happier to “overhear” that they had all received their COVID vaccinations.