The locker room and showers at the gym are fraught with etiquette issues. The people who come in dripping wet and slop water all over the place ― water which will then get your socks wet when you’re getting dressed. The women who set up a bunch of paper towels on a bench to sit on (naked), and then leave them there. The random tissues and papers lying around (Pick it up? Or run away?).
Archive for May, 2009
Mixed Metaphors and Malaprops — Doofus Test!
This is my collection of mixed metaphors and malaprops. See if you can work one of these gems into your conversation or perhaps a memo today. Does it go by unnoticed? This is a doofus test.
Cell Phones: Should They Be Banned in Supermarkets?
At which point a tall, burly, dandruffy, overfed man walked straight into me. I felt like I had been assaulted. He didn’t blink, turn, apologize, or acknowledge it in any way. His eyes were hostile slits, his face impassive.
