ship-jumper's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Life Monopoly “Sorry!! No really, I am so very sorry!” You bump someone while standing in front of the hundreds of different kinds of toothbrushes at the drugstore. You reply “Oops, sorry”. You realize you weren’t paying attention while walking in a daze into the convenience store and walk into someone as they are coming out. You reply pathetically “Oh my I am so sorry!” You screw up on getting somewhere on time resulting in your friend waiting for you for an extra half hour. You arrive spewing “I am so sorry! I can’t believe I am so late! Oh I am so so sorry!” Hmmm. Shippie, where are you going with all of this? A few more scenarios: 1. You are sitting at an intersection on your bicycle. Some yahoo walks into you and flips over the front tire because they aren’t paying attention. What is your response? A- What the heck is your problem?? Are you blind? 2. You are sitting at a restaurant, awaiting your order of hot homemade chicken noodle soup. The waitress is overheard arguing with another customer, getting rather hostile. She approaches you with your bowl of hot soup and screams at you “And here is your soup you freakin’ demanding fat cow!” She throws the bowl in front of you and the scalding soup spills all over your lap. What is your response? A. You unprofessional, hot-tempered wench! You’re going to pay for the scalding burns to my vaginal area! You’ll all be hearing from my lawyer! Ok. As for your responses. I have learned that a true Canadian would answer “C” to those made up scenarios. Yes. You can spot a Canadian in a crowd as they are the one saying ‘sorry’ in all situations. It CRACKS me up!!! According to the “So you want to be Canadian” handbook given to me as a going away gift prior to jumping ship, the following excerpt is shared on page 33- “How to Apologize like a Canadian”: “So self-assured at a ll times and in all situations, and so empathetic to their fellow man, Canadians may apologize even when they are right. Try it yourself this week, and see how well-liked you become! Here’s what to say……… Yeppers. So there ya have it. If I have a bad day, ram my car into someone’s back side, then drives next to them and forces their car off the side of the road and causes them serious harm and possible death…..I only need to wait for the guy to utter the words “Sorry! Sorry! My fault. Very Sorry.” and I am off the hook in the eyes of the law. Over. Done. A free get out of jail free card. Go past Go and collect my $200. Gotta love this country, Eh? 3:27 p.m. - 2007-04-15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
||||||