Perturbed By The Verb
Government | Queens, NY, USA |
Right | September 13, 2010
Caller: “You need to do something about that new surf shop. You need to shut them down.”
Me: “Ma’am, we can’t just shut the surf shop down, but why don’t you tell me the problem?”
Caller: “Well, they’re very inappropriate! My teenage daughter walked by the other day, and they ‘Googled’ her!”
Me: “They ‘Googled’ your daughter?”
Caller: “Yes!”
Me: “As she walked by?”
Caller: “That’s what I’m telling you!”
Me: “Do you mean they ‘ogled’ her?”
Caller: “Same thing!”
