Mom Was Right
In a whole of things, but in this case specifically, "If you haven't got anything good to say about someone. Don't say it."
The backstory. Yesterday afternoon I received a cellphone call from a dear friend that I known for 20+ years. He lives far away from where we met and now manages, long distance, the inherited family farm. He had a question regarding the marketing of his crops. We chatted and I passed on the tidbit that was returning his call from Denver. He asked what I doing here and I told him a grain & feed convention.
OK. We got back to the marketing Q and he told me who he sold to. I replied I sat in a meeting the morning before directly next to that buyer and that I knew him. My friend asked me to say hello for him to the buyer. This morning I saw the buyer come in and asked him to step into the hall with me. I related the story and in astonishment, he remarked how small the world really is.
Bottom line: If it's not the espousa with whom you're speaking, assume the hearer of your words KNOWS the person of whom you're speaking.
The backstory. Yesterday afternoon I received a cellphone call from a dear friend that I known for 20+ years. He lives far away from where we met and now manages, long distance, the inherited family farm. He had a question regarding the marketing of his crops. We chatted and I passed on the tidbit that was returning his call from Denver. He asked what I doing here and I told him a grain & feed convention.
OK. We got back to the marketing Q and he told me who he sold to. I replied I sat in a meeting the morning before directly next to that buyer and that I knew him. My friend asked me to say hello for him to the buyer. This morning I saw the buyer come in and asked him to step into the hall with me. I related the story and in astonishment, he remarked how small the world really is.
Bottom line: If it's not the espousa with whom you're speaking, assume the hearer of your words KNOWS the person of whom you're speaking.
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