August 25, 2011
7. Newblog2011: 08/25/11 The Boston Public Library
The second I walked into the room where the computers are at the Boston Public Library, some loud coughing and sneezing by a few men and women began. I therefore had an opportunity to use two of the responses I've been developing for those occasions. They are:
"However did you get that terrible infection in your throat?"
and, if it continues after that,
"You must have eaten something that made you really sick."
Those responses, said loudly enough for an entire room to hear, have been proving to have a good effect. Sometimes it takes a few people some time to understand what they are continuing to imply about themselves if they cough after that, but eventually, most of the people around them seem to get it, even if they don't.
Copyright L. Kochman, August 25, 2011 @ 4:40 p.m.
7. Newblog2011: 08/25/11 The Boston Public Library
The second I walked into the room where the computers are at the Boston Public Library, some loud coughing and sneezing by a few men and women began. I therefore had an opportunity to use two of the responses I've been developing for those occasions. They are:
"However did you get that terrible infection in your throat?"
and, if it continues after that,
"You must have eaten something that made you really sick."
Those responses, said loudly enough for an entire room to hear, have been proving to have a good effect. Sometimes it takes a few people some time to understand what they are continuing to imply about themselves if they cough after that, but eventually, most of the people around them seem to get it, even if they don't.
Copyright L. Kochman, August 25, 2011 @ 4:40 p.m.