( I worked as a waiter at a country club with a bunch of really “Old Money” snobs. )
Me: “We have a steak (of some kind, I don’t remember). And dude does it sound good!”
Old Money: “Ahem! Excuse me! Did you just say dude?”
Me: “Why yes sir. I did, I was just saying how good this dish sounds.”
Old Money: “Well, excuse me young man. Dude AIN’T a word.”
(At this point I’m thinking…are you seriously trying to debate this with an English Major by saying “Ain’t?”)
Me: “Well sir, actually it is. A dude is a rich old man, like yourself, from the East who thinks they can live on a ranch in the West. And just for the record sir! ‘Ain’t’ is NOT a word! ”
(Needless to say, I wasn’t allowed to wait that Old Man or his family at the Country Club ever again.)
