Hard of Hearing

An old man decided his old wife was getting hard of hearing. He called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. 

The doctor said that he could see her in two weeks but meanwhile, there’s a simple, informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the dimensions of the problem. 

“Here’s what you do”, said the doctor. “Start about 40 feet away from her, and speak in a normal conversational tone and see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”

So that evening, she’s in the kitchen cooking dinner and he’s in the living room. He is about 40 feet away so he decided to start the test.

“Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.

So he moves to the other end of the room, about 30 feet away. 

“Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.

So he moves into the dining room, about 20 feet away.

“Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.

On to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. 

“Honey, what’s for supper?” Still no response.

So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for supper?”

“For the fifth time, it’s CHICKEN!”

Moral of the story: There are times in life when we think that the issue is the people around us, until such time we realize that perhaps, the problem was us all along.