Old Friends Part II

So I took my Old Friends to be sharpened at one place and after 4 weeks of waiting they had still not been picked up for sharpening. I picked them up and took them to another place that a friend told me about. I haven't used these Friends in quite a while but I took comfort in knowing they were in my drawer. For me, this process was taking just a little too long and I was getting anxious. Two weeks later I got the call to pick them up. The young man at the register pulled them out for me to look at and sign for. While doing this he picked up a pair and was looking them over. He then proclaimed, rather too boldly, "These look like ANTIQUES!" I took that very personal. I am only 46 and I bought those scissors brand new! They are a part of me and proclaiming them to be antiques is like proclaiming me...you get the picture. I left, speechless and shocked.