The other day I was at a Game Stop store. A kid, well a kid to me, somewhere in his early twenties, asked the girl working there ,"is Jennifer working today? *curious*".
The girl turns to him, "No, she's off today. *sorry*"
So far so good.
Then he said, "Oh, that's too bad,*depressed*". To which she responded with a, "im sorry. "Peace sign*. Yes, they actually said all those words.
Later on, I overheard my daughter while on the phone with one of her equally eloquent girlfriends, laughing and saying, "I know right, sad face!"
I wondered, Are we learning to communicate more effectively and logically, or are we just getting lazy and losing our ability to use language?