A funny thing happened on the way to trip planning

Earlier this week, two of the older women here at CCS were planning a trip to Machu Picchu. Diane is 55 years-old from PA and Elaine is 64 from Brooklyn, NY. Imagine these two women, in their pajamas, kneeling at the edge of a bed, a shared laptop in front of them, giggling like school girls -- and you have the appropriate image of their trip planning base.

With plane tickets to Cusco already booked and paid for, they realized that the train that they had expected to take from Cusco to Machu Picchu was NOT available. Oh no! Well, Eliza (a cute, perky 19-year-old from Australia) who also planned to go on the trip with the two ladies popped in to see how the planning is going.

• Elaine: "Eliza, don't you have a boyfriend in Cusco that might be able to give us a ride back to our hotels?"
• Eliza: "My boyfriend is back in Australia. That boy isn't my boyfriend. He's just a friend" (in her thick Aussie accent). 
• Elaine: "Oh whatever," in her thick Brooklyn accent, "can't you just put out a little so we can get home?"
• Eliza: "Oh my Gawd," she screamed.
• Elaine: "Oh come on, just a little."

Diane and I meanwhile are screaming with laughter as poor Eliza runs out of the room completely appalled that these older American women have just suggested that she put out that a little in order to get home. We continue giggling and I say, "what's the point of being young and cute, if it doesn't get you something." To which Elaine retorts, "Exactly."

Who ever thought that teenagers could be out shocked by a few older women? Ha!