[MR] courtesy to ladies

[Weaver8002 at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/04/2001 4:03:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
butterfly899 at yahoo.com writes:


> I'm not offering help because I think you *can't* do it.  I'm trying to
> help you get over the unpleasant things quicker so that we can all get
> to the fun things faster.
> 
> 

I have to admit that the hardest thing I ever learned to say was: Why, yes, 
my lord, you can carry this for me.  As a single woman living alone, I have 
to make do without help in most things.   

I think, more often than not, it's pure confusion that makes us short with 
would be assistants.

Margherita the Weaver
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