Double-Thank-You
OK so I’m sick. I don’t know what people are talking about when they say they get colds for only two or three days. When I get one, it lasts a week, minimum. I think it’s more that people have different qualifications for what is a cold and what isn’t. When I say I have a cold, I have a cold. Sore throat, stuffy-ness, ears being all crazy, lethargic-ness, sneezes all over the place. Romance?
Enough complaining for one day I’d say. (enough for one blog post anyway) One thing I was curious about was in regard to over-the-counter conversations. Say for example, you buy a bottle of water at a small cafe. When they give it to you, you will say “thank you”, assuming you aren’t as rude as a goose. The thing that got me thinking is that they too will also say “thank you”. You are thanking them for the water, and they are thanking you for buying it (i guess). I am curious why they just don’t say “you’re welcome.” I don’t think they should have to thank me for buying it, they are doing meeee the service, not the other way around. The double-thank-you is a strange occurrence and I’m not sure why it continues to grow in popularity. I have never come across this conundrum in other countries, so perhaps the double-thank-you distribution is limited to Americans. One funny, somewhat related, thing to do is to say “thank you” when someone asks you how you are doing. That’s all you are allowed to say though, you can’t indicate how you are doing or else it will seem normal.
It’s hot as the inside of a dryer (when you open it too early) here in New York.
I’d love to learn how to play the steel drums, and be amazing at them. I think that would be pretty awesome, though I might end up playing a lot of weddings in Hawaii. (who says that’s a bad thing…)
I hate how influenced I am by the initial opinions of other people. For example, if someone tells me they hated a book i just bought, it will be impossible for me to ignore this while I read the book. That’s kind of why I like foreign movies, because it’s almost impossible to find someone else that has seen it, so I go in with a completely clean slate.
In need of a cough drop,
alex
from the vault….
