Meet “Mr. Glass-Half-Empty” …😣😝

Dee-Dee Diamond
2 min readAug 2, 2024

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Schlep to Work

He is “Denny-Poo” (glass-half-empty) Jackson, who phoned me to growl.

It is on this swelting sweat your ass off day. 😰😱

Uh-ho!

I wonder what’s bugging him today. OY VEY! 😣

Better pour some wine into my glass & sit down… I warn myself.

He’s pissed… so he hisses into my ear, “Oh Fuck, I must buy a tuxedo for my first grandchild’s wedding in October”.

(Obviously for any other grandparent, it would be a pleasure).

Never-the-less I suggest to him, “Relax perhaps you can rent one”.

“NO, but I'll use it twice, so I’ll buy damn it as he mutters… shit”.

Stupidly I ask, “Do you expect another happy occasion”?

“No-no but I wear it twice, once for her wedding in October, then they can use it to bury me in it… when I die”. He’s just a bundle of cheer all around this guy…isn’t he? 🙄

Denny-Poo who is a crabby man of 83.

Stubborn & cheap, he insists on taking a packed cross- town-city bus, then transferring to the crime-ridden Subway downtown…twice times daily. He does work at his multi -millionaire son’s office.

My old buddy has faltering knees, & just had knee surgery a few short months ago. He must lean on a cane for balance.

I yelled at him, “Denny-Poo take a Fucken Uber for Heavens’ sake! Your son, Moe will remain a big millionaire… even if he spurges for you use a car service to his office”.

But I should know better to suggest anything rational to him 😏

but like “The Donald” … I don’t know when to stop talking! LOL!

“You could tumble down the steep, the old Subway stairs…especially if some random nut-job gives you a slight nudge”.

Denny-Poo rebutted, “I use my cane in one hand, while I hold onto the banister with on the other side”.

“Lordy you still could easily kill yourself…”

“I don’t care…I’ve got my suitcase packed to go…I’ve lived a good life "and I’m ready to leave.

I’m so crazy that his cranky disposition makes me laugh🤣🙄

Laughter is contagious…so Denny-Poo in spite of his sour mood…shares a reluctant chuckle.

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Dee-Dee Diamond

Born & raised in Brooklyn, 80 years, ago. Interviewed by The Brooklyn Historical Society. I published a funny book called” First Stop Brooklyn” it's on Amazon.