I am a 42 year old grandmother of two. I have a 22 year old and a college degree.. AND I sometimes talk real swell.. I have never once (other than my daughter when she was younger and just learning about grammar and speech or to a close friend just to piss them off) corrected a total strangers grammar.
I am in Walmart.. yes, I admit to shopping there.. I needed a pair of work pants. I grab the ones I think won't look too bad on and proceed to the fitting area.. The 'women' working that section is older than me, I do not like guessing peoples ages because I usually am wrong.. But I can say for certain she was older than my 42 years.. I ask, very nicely, "Can I try these on?" .. Nothing.. she just stairs at me. at first I am thinking maybe she didn't hear me but that she speaks.. AND very "motherly' "yes, you MAY try those pants on".. as my very best friend would have said UNFUCKINGBELIEVEABLE!!.. I have just had my grammar correct by a complete stranger. (setting aside the fact a Walmart worker).
Because mamma raised a lady I don't throw the pants at her and tell her to fuck herself, I go in and try them on, thinking where have people learned or been taught that it is ok to correct a total strange grammar?
In the end I don't get the pants, cause of course there Walmart pants and never fit right.. and I am still thinking that I was corrected by a total strange.. I have worked in the public for many years and have never once corrected anyone, no matter what they say, and I have been "axed" many times where the "bafroom" is. I would never have the nerve to do this. I find it rude and very disrespectful.
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