and in what may seem to us a surprisingly short amount of time , but does not to chipper maxton , who understands that very few people wish to linger in an elder-care facility any longer than they must , the relatives bestow their final hugs and kisses , round up the exhausted kiddies , and file down the paths and over the grass into the parking lot , along the way a good number depositing bills in the basket atop ragtime willie 's upright piano .