Over Afternoon Tea

Tea is not only a drink but a ritual over which people have been relaxing, talking, and catching up on each other's lives for centuries. This blog is intended to serve as a virtual cup of tea, helping me keep in touch with friends and family in my physical absence.

It doesn't matter if they know more than you do...

Nevermind the fact that Kasia speaks English as fluently as her native Polish, has been working for my boss for 3 years (which is 3 years minus 1 week longer than I've been working for him) and can basically write a patent for him. She knows that STET written in red ink on the page he's edited means to ignore the changes he's written, but when she and Debbie start wondering what it stands for I can't help musing.
"Might be a subjunctive," I point out, "from the Latin sto-stare...I'd have to look it up to be sure..."
So they both know how to do my job and I don't. They still stare.