A little old lady gets onto a crowded bus and stops in front of a young woman sitting down.
Holding her hand to her chest, she says, “If you knew what I have, you’d give me your seat.”
The young woman, feeling concerned, stands up and offers her seat. After sitting down, the old lady watches as the young woman pulls out a fan and starts fanning herself in the heat. The lady then says, “If you knew what I have, you’d give me that fan too.”
The young woman, though a bit puzzled, hands over the fan.
Fifteen minutes later, the old lady stands up and tells the driver, “I need to get off here.” The driver replies that he can only stop at the next corner, not in the middle of the block. Clutching her chest again, she says, “If you knew what I have, you’d let me off right here.”
The bus driver, now concerned, pulls over to let her out. As she steps off the bus, he asks, “Madam, what is it that you have?”
The old lady looks back at him with a grin and says, “Chutzpah.”