I was arriving to a meeting and greeted the lady with whom I was meeting. "Hi, how are you?" It should be noted that this lady is a colleague. A teaching professional.
Wait, are you ready? Brace yourself.
Her reply : "I'm fair and middlin' I reckon."
How many times did you have to reread that for it to even attempt to make sense?
...
I waited for a punch line, after what took me f-o-r-e-v-e-r to figure out what she said, when I realized there was not one. No gaffaw, giggle, smirk, or gaff. She was serious.
People, let me be the one to point out -- this is a small part of what is wrong with the world. It's not funny, or cute.
I remember the closest I ever came to being slapped across the face as a child was when I JOKINGLY used the word ain't in a sentence. I saw the devil, and it was scary. I never muttered that word again. Now of course there are plenty of people in all areas of the country that use ain't, including up north, so I realize this is not just limited to the south. HOWEVER, never did anyone I work with use that term, not to mention whatever phrase that was that was given to me today.
I don't watch a lot of movies, or maybe it's a line from a classic I haven't gotten around to reading yet. Either way...ugh.
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