Cultural Sophisticates at Work
I simply must provide a transcript of the conversation I just overheard two of my coworkers having. This is an excellent example of what I hear around here on a daily basis:
P: Let's go to get tacos at lunch tomorrow!
S: Where?
P: Tor-till-i-a Mac.
S: Is that place good?
P: Yeah, it's good.
S: Well, what can you get there?
P: Uh, tacos.
S: What kind of tacos?
P: Any kind. Last time I got fish tacos! They were really good.
(Long Pause)
S: Fish tacos?
P: Yeah.
S: Well, what's in 'em?
P: Well, it's a flour tor-till-i-a with "a white fish" and cole slaw. It's really good.
S: So, it's some kind of wrap or something?
P: Well, it's a taco. With fish.
S: Is it good though?
P: Yeah, it's good.
S: Sounds kind of foreign or something.
P: Well, I think it comes from the islands or something.
S: Really? The islands?! Whoa, I don't really know about this! Well, is it good, at least?
It went exactly like this. I think today's Darwin Award goes to S. But P really gave her a run for her money.
P.S. Let me apologize in advance for being "elitist!" Yet, if not being elitist means being like S and P, I'll continue to favor elitism.
P: Let's go to get tacos at lunch tomorrow!
S: Where?
P: Tor-till-i-a Mac.
S: Is that place good?
P: Yeah, it's good.
S: Well, what can you get there?
P: Uh, tacos.
S: What kind of tacos?
P: Any kind. Last time I got fish tacos! They were really good.
(Long Pause)
S: Fish tacos?
P: Yeah.
S: Well, what's in 'em?
P: Well, it's a flour tor-till-i-a with "a white fish" and cole slaw. It's really good.
S: So, it's some kind of wrap or something?
P: Well, it's a taco. With fish.
S: Is it good though?
P: Yeah, it's good.
S: Sounds kind of foreign or something.
P: Well, I think it comes from the islands or something.
S: Really? The islands?! Whoa, I don't really know about this! Well, is it good, at least?
It went exactly like this. I think today's Darwin Award goes to S. But P really gave her a run for her money.
P.S. Let me apologize in advance for being "elitist!" Yet, if not being elitist means being like S and P, I'll continue to favor elitism.

1 Comments:
At 5:18 AM,
Veronica said…
No, actually I was just thinking, "God, these people are idiots of the highest order. Please get me away from this intellectual vacuum."
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