Confessions of a smartass
In polite company, it would be "smart aleck" but I don’t know Mr. Baldwin and he spells his name wrong anyway. What made me this way? I worked with the public for 28 years. The continuous exposure to human stupidity forced me to re-route my reactions, my defense mechanism, and store them internally which caused a back up that I spew forth at times I deem harmless, such as now. Once in line at Safeway, a customer in front of me grumbled, “If I had known this line was so slow, I would have gone to... Sign in to see full entry.