One Hanukkah, a young man named Jake was coming to visit his grandmother in her new apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan…
As he was walking to the door, he called his grandmother on his cellphone.
“Bubbe?” he replied when she answered, “I’m at your building, which apartment are you?”
She responded: “When you get to the front door, buzz up to apartment 7C with your elbow. I’ll buzz you in. Then, use your elbow to open the door, go to the bank of elevators on the right hand side of the building, and press the up arrow with your elbow.”
She continued, “When it arrives, go in and use your elbow to press the button for the 7th floor. When you come out of the elevator, find Apt. C and use your elbow to ring the doorbell.”
“But Bubbe,” Jake asked. “Why am I doing this all with my elbow?”
A short pause and then he heard his Bubbe’s voice again through the line.
“Nu, my love, you’re coming empty-handed?”
Credit: forward.com
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