The problem with the expression “Strangers are simply friends you haven’t met yet” is that my friends probably wouldn’t mind — quite so much — when I playfully whip their butts with my towel when I walk behind them at the gym.
Whenever I’m standing somewhere and people ask me if I’m in line, I always say “yes, I’m in line” even if I’m not in line for whatever they’re probably in line for.
I do this just in case they’re about to start a line for something I could potentially be in line for. Because, frankly, I could potentially be in line for a lot of things and I want to make absolutely sure that whatever those potential things might be, I’m the first one in line for them.
Vik: Management through inappropriate acts – Chapter 1 “The Manager Grab”
Zero: …I suppose the alternative is you could ask someone to grab their manager, and when they get their manager, you can say, “That’s not what I meant.” And then they show YOU the exit.
Candie: Innocent-looking employee quietly approaches manager, gently cradles a buttock, and walks to their locker to gather their belongings.
I await the day when technology advances to the point that someone can literally drive me up a wall and I can turn to them and say, “You’re driving me up the wall” in context.
I’m not saying that this is reverse psychology hidden within a double negative, but I’m also not saying you shouldn’t not download my new free ad-free app. Because you shouldn’t. Shouldn’t you?