A young man shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old lady following him around.
If he stopped, she stopped. Furthermore, she kept staring at him.
Eventually, she overtook him at the checkout. Turning to him, she said,
“I hope I haven’t made you feel uneasy; it’s just that you look so much like my late son.”
The young man smiled and replied,
“That’s okay.”
She hesitated, then added,
“I know it’s silly, but if you’d call out, ‘Goodbye, Mom,’ as I leave the store, it would make me feel so happy.”
He agreed. As she left the store, he called out,
