My favourite encounter has been with my "landlady". She isn't really, but she has taken posession of the laundry schedule and I think it brings meaning and fullfillment into her life.

My boyfriend and I have a tendency not to use our alloted laundry slot, forgetting even to write a little note on the paper giving it free to others. She caught me in the hallway and started pestering me about it. She told me that even the black couple who lived in the building could manage to keep to the schedule.
I just stared at her and asked her to repeat what she said.

Ok, she's not the youngest .. but still ...