Highs and Lows

So a week or two after the Komodo Dragon story, I thought maybe that was a one-off thing. Maybe she wasn't really as stupid as she sounded with that story. Maybe she was just confused about what we were talking about. Or maybe I had misspoken and she had misunderstood me.

Wrong.

I was at work early one morning discussing some things with my supervisor when she walked in. She said her good mornings, as she usually does, and launched into some sort of blathering nonsense, as she usually does.

And then this exchange took place...

She announced to the two of us, "You know what? I was watching the news this morning and the anchors said something that didn't make any sense at all! They said that the high was going to be in the low 50s today! How can you have high and low at the same time? You can't!"

Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I said "You must have misunderstood what they were saying. They were probably saying that the high temperature of the day will be in the lower end of the 50s, meaning that's the highest the temperature will get during the day."

She responded with "Oh, so you mean if they said the high was in the low 20s that 20 degrees is high in this part of the country?"

I was growing fearful, but I tried again. "No, what they were saying was that the highest the temperature will be today is in the lower part of the 50s like 50-53 degrees. Not that 50s is a high temperature."

Her response? "Oh whatever. Now you guys are just guessing."

I stared at her in disbelief, mouth gaping open for a few seconds, as my supervisor began trying to explain again. I couldn't say anything, I had to leave again and go slam my head against a wall.

Actually, I wish I'd slammed her head against the wall. Maybe it would have knocked some sense into it...

More to come.