This occurs most often for me when I am talking to people at call centers. They usually live in some far off country, are working the night shift and are more concerned about getting me off the phone than in solving my problem, whatever it may be. They always end the conversation with "May I help you with anything else?" when usually they weren't even able to help me with why I called.
It always surprises me when these conversations happen at home. I came in from a walk and Kate was watching a YouTube video on tying shoelaces. I was confused because I thought I taught her how to do that when she was three.
"What are you doing?"
" 'S fairies." she said.
Fairies? I searched my mind to try to make sense of this comment. I couldn't find one mental picture of a fairy with shoes on, and even if I had, can you imagine how tiny the little shoelaces would be?
"Fairies?"
" 'S fairies, Mom. I'm trying to learn to tie a square knot."
Did girl scouts teach her nothing? She could sense my bewilderment. "Mother. I got leather shoe laces for my new shoes and I want the knots to look cute." She was getting a little snippy with me because she was attempting to watch a video and also because she felt that she had done enough explaining.
I still was mystified as to what fairies had to do with leather shoelaces but when I picked up her new top-siders, I figured it out.
"Sperry" is embossed on the back.
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