Last week I went to a meeting, and myself and a few coworkers arrived earlier. While we waited, an older man, which is what we'll call him for the purposes of this story, asked a fellow coworker, a younger woman, what she had majored in at college. The younger woman seemed instantly embarrassed by this question, and turned a bright red.
"I went to school for something silly," the younger woman said.
"What was it?" the older man said.
A long pause.
"Singing," the younger woman said. "Just singing." And she looked away. The older man was silent, and I held my breath.
"If there weren't silly people in the world, then the world would be ridiculous," the older man said. And the younger woman smiled.
I like that.
What a nice man.
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