Sometimes people say nitwit type things that are annoying.

Example:

Nitwit: What are you going to do when you leave work?

Me: Finish my Masters in Library and Information Science. Teach the piano.

Nitwit: Oh lovely. I can just see you in a library.

Now, you might be wondering, Wendy, what’s the problem with that perfectly innocent conversation?

I’ll tell you. It’s this: “I can just see you in a library”.

Nitwit has totally ignored my complete answer and just latched on to the word “library”. Information Science? Clearly too much for nitwittish brain to process. Teach the piano? Sorry what? I missed that because my nittwittery thought processes only managed to get as far as “library” and, knowing that you wear glasses assumed that you and a library are a perfect match because all people who wear glasses love reading and libraries are only about  standing around dreaming about stacks of books.

Maybe I’m being oversensitive? Perhaps “nitwit” is too harsh?

Whatever. It’s Friday. I had a headache and I didn’t need anyone making insulting generalisations about my poor eyesight and connecting that in one swift move to dated stereotypes about “librarians”.