adventures in smiling at strangers (part two)

I smiled at an extremely thin woman in her 30's this afternnon.

I was riding the elevator from the 20th floor. She hitched a ride with me from the 17th.

I smiled in shock as she wisped her emaciated frame into the elevator, trying to hide a slight gasp.

She smiled back, as though to say, "It's okay, I know I'm too thin. Now, I've had the decency to acknowledge it, so please look away and mind your own business."

I obliged.