Dort walked up to the counter at McDonald's and ordered two "Frosties" the other day, meaning ice cream cones. The young South Asian-looking woman at the counter charged her for some other ice cream item, more than two cones cost. Dort soon found the error, and asked for two "cones" instead.
"Cones" used to be called "frosties," Dort explained later. She ought to get hip to the new lingo, she concluded.
I can't blame her for using the term she used all her life to order a cone from McDonald's. So why should I get irritated when she says all immigrants should "get in line" like her parents, who came the "right way"?
I shouldn't. I'll just tell her calmly, "Our government no longer serves that."
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