Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for March 25, 2023

He should have said, “You really suc . . . ceed at being a jerk.”

Another reason why it’s always better to talk to a person in person…

I’d be overjoyed to have such a person cut me off. Text, phone, or in person. I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve thought, “How can I get out of this conversation gracefully?”

I knew someone at work who was always up and positive. She would ask me how I was doing, and I would always say, “terrible.” She would always reply, “That’s great!”

So what do we “call” this? “The Call of the Vile?” Or just… phoney?

I heard E.T. had the same problem when he tried to “phone home”…

Some people don’t even care about you, really, it’s all about them.

Come on Horace, let’s go for coffee…!

“I feel OK.” is not usually a good opener for conversation.

There’s an AI for that. :)

Sadness eh. What else you expect on a Sadderday?

Ending a phone conversation too early is a real hang-up for some people.

There’s something that frosts my pumpkins… don’t ask me how I am, if you don’t want to know. It annoys me to no end when someone opens with, “how are you, how are you doing,?” etc., then, immediately, goes right into what they want, rather than even wait for a “Reader’s Digest” version of how I am.

“Take care” isn’t much better, if you don’t mean it. Interviewers on CBC sound a bit over-intimate when they say it to people they’ve never met.