If it looks like a duck

I have a history of saying things that could be taken the wrong way without really meaning to offend. Sometimes, it's just my sense of humor, and sometimes, it's just bad judgment. Case in point,

Years ago, MTB and I had dinner with one of his childhood friends and his fiance. She had recently graduated from college with some degree or another, and she had taken a new job. As she explained it, she was the office manager, but there was not an available office so her boss set her up at the receptionist's desk. As part of her office manager responsibilities, she answered the phone, took messages, and made appointments for the office staff. There was no receptionist at this particular office so she was the only person sitting at the receptionist's desk. She went on and on about how she hated it when clients would walk in and assume that she was the receptionist. She was the office manager! Without thinking, I said, "Well, I guess if it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck, then people probably just think it's a duck." Needless to say, this girl and I did not become BFFs.

In the past week or so, I have acquired a certain waddleness to my walk. Although the waddle is generally worse if I have been sleeping or sitting for any extended period, it has become part of my stride. Wouldn't you know it, every time I find myself waddling, I remember that poor, misunderstood office manager and think, "If it walks like duck...."

Quack. Quack.