| "... How do you explain what you do to Foo? ..." not something I've really thought of much... but at the supermarket early this morning it went something like this: ME "Everyone is very cheery here?" (referring to singing employee - who sings at 7?) CHECKOUT "Yes, she is quite happy always smiling." ME "So they don't employ grumpy people? or are they just all cheery?" CHECKOUT "No, they are all pretty happy?" ME "Oh, I thought they would be tired (just after 7am and I'm dead tired) and grumpy" (I'm tired, I'd be grumpy) CHECKOUT "So what do you do?" ME "I write ...." CHECKOUT "Ohhh (surprised)" ME "... software." CHECKOUT "Ah you're one of those 'computer nerds'?" ME "Yeah... something like that." CHECKOUT "That's a compliment you know." I should have just left it at writing. |