Arty-looking Starbucks barista

In winter 2024 in Krakow

A German boy asked me;

"Btw, how old are you?"

I gave him my usual answer

"Take a guess" and smile

He took a few guesses

All of them were younger than my actual age

I asked what the clue was

"Your hands", he said

"Hands often tell their age more than their face"

Today I went to a cafe

An arty-looking female barista served me

She didn’t impress me other than her arty look

I was subconsciously wondering if
she was a student or a worker

Or simply, how old she was

She was wearing a sleeveless top

Her bare arms were exposed

I was taking glances at her arms

Skin colours often attract my attention

Skin colour is the source of many "difficult things" in this world

Human beings keep judging other human beings by their skin colours

I am constantly judged through my skin colour while I am outside this island

And I am constantly judging other human beings by their skin colours

I paid particular attention to her skin
in order to estimate her age

I still don’t know her age

And will never know it anyway

But her arms told me she was not a student

And what?

What does it mean?

Nothing to fuss about