I sometimes wonder what it would be like if we were all so cavalier to introduce our grievances about topic X as soon as we learn about someone’s allegiance to said topic. Or how inappropriate it would be if we talked about a stranger’s recently deceased relatives the way we talk about their recently laid-off colleagues.
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Wow, you might as well tell people you’re an artist… it’s almost as bad. You might get more respect if you say you’re a professional mugger
I was at Target. TARGET! And the saleswoman was for some reason asking me lots of questions about what I was shopping for. The conversation turned to the fact that I work at the paper.
“Ah,” she said. “The paper without the spell-check.”
It would seriously never even OCCUR to me to criticize a complete stranger’s place of employment right off. This whole ‘reader interaction’ movement has really encouraged people to leave their manners behind.
Rant over.