Saturday, December 15, 2012
The wrong statistics
Once in a cafe I put too much sugar in my coffee, because it was weaker than the coffee at my usual hangouts. I went up and asked the waitress for a bit more coffee on top. I didn't want to insult her coffee, so I said: "I put in too much sugar. I based my estimate on the wrong statistics".
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I didn't want to insult her coffee, so I said: "I put in too much sugar. I based my estimate on the wrong statistics".
Would she have given two shits - or even one - for some stranger's opinion of "her" coffee?
Might not, but it absotively happens. People will get offended at the slightest things, sometimes.
A guy once got really offended because I asked him whether he still had a cat. He asked why, I said as truth was, I was considering getting one. I still have no idea how he found offense in that one.
And a friend once got very upset when I insulted her coffee. Granted, I used the word "horrible" (it really was), but I thought since we were friends, I could be more frank.
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