Sunday, August 26, 2018

Hello

The guy that picks up the poop at my apartment complex (who is also the guy with a very loud voice who constantly annoys me when he hangs out in the next-door supply/break room) approached me today at the supermarket: "You nearly ran over me with your cart!"

I protested that, no, I'd seen him and didn't come near him... Then he introduced himself as the apartment guy. He was joking: I hadn't nearly run him over.

It was nice to see him out of context. (Or, as I told him at the supermarket, it was strange to see him out of context.)

Does "out of context" mean anything to those not versed in college-speak? It's actually a good, precise phrase, though with a pretentious genesis.

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