We did not get into the huge crash when we were driving on I-80 in Ohio yesterday. Neither did our friends on I-76. Snow is cold and tricky, but we got to the people we were headed for
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To fool (& indeed invariably impress) bureaucrats, I have taken to telling them (& cold callers) that my title is, Doctor. I am lying - but hell, it makes a difference!
I say things like, 'Just a minute young man/woman et al, that's Doctor Lovekin.' There is an immediate straightening of backs & attention to detail. And on the phone, you can almost smell the reverence oozing down the line.
I am very naughty.
(I know you weren't talking about titles, but I like tangents.) :)
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I am so glad you are ok and missed those nasty car crashes, ick! Those poor people in the snow!
I am now also glad I am not a writer as no one asks me about preferred pronouns ;) I will stick to my sewing and art and the silly poems I write,
LOL!
XO
~e
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I do enjoy your poems, though. :)
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To fool (& indeed invariably impress) bureaucrats, I have taken to telling them (& cold callers) that my title is, Doctor. I am lying - but hell, it makes a difference!
I say things like, 'Just a minute young man/woman et al, that's Doctor Lovekin.' There is an immediate straightening of backs & attention to detail. And on the phone, you can almost smell the reverence oozing down the line.
I am very naughty.
(I know you weren't talking about titles, but I like tangents.) :)
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I love tangents, and I see your trajectory. You are very naughty and I sentence you to cake. Can I have some too?
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