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Oh my. You know how Haus and Ganesh are big on the language you use on Barbelith, and how one must understand the value and meaning of a word and use the word required by context? And not exaggerate to the extreme?
There's this girl at my work who is not the world's smartest girl on the planet. She's not dumb, but she's not bright. She (and this other girl) often run into problems with me for their unexamined use of language and word. For example, she once said of her sister, "She's practically a nun!"
"Why?" says me.
"Well, she never goes out. She doesn't have a boyfriend."
"So that means she's married to God? That she has taken a vow of celibacy?"
"Uh... no...?"
Anyway, so this girl, N, says this yesterday to a new employee, "I always come in early."
I replied while doing something else, "Well, I hope you didn't punch in. We can't pay you."
She said, "Yeah, I know, you guys are Nazis about timecards."
I said, calmly, "That's not very nice considering your boss is Jewish."
"I was just joking."
"Not funny. Seriously."
"You're over-reacting! God, take a joke!" and she stormed off.
I was rather calm about the whole thing. People know that I'm always listening to their words. This is not the first time N has thrown out the word Nazi casually, often carelessly comparing things to this fascist regime.
There's a difference between Seinfeld humourously using "Soup Nazi" behind the characters' back, and calling your Jewish employer a Nazi. There's a huge difference. One is a sitcom, one is real fucking life.
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