Why my column is called "Ignore Me"

Mar 17, 2025

Ignore Me

Once I went for an early morning walk along a Victoria beach where many like to winter swim.

A swimmer who looked to be in her 80s was walking towards the water wearing a robe.

Nearby a middle-aged woman noticed the swimmer and called out in a cheerful but condescending sing-song voice, “Are you going into the water?”

The swimmer turned back and said, “Yeah.”

She was clearly in no mood for this conversation.

“Have you done this before?” the middle-aged woman inquired like she was talking to a toddler.

The swimmer turned back again and nodded.

“Are you with a group or do you go in on your own?”

Without looking back the swimmer said to the woman, “Ignore me.”

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