Shush!

The twentysomething fellow behind the counter in the book store yesterday afternoon wasn't using his indoor voice. Maybe he thought I was reeeaaalllly old and he needed to shout to overcome my advanced age hearing loss. Perhaps he was under the impression, despite the fact that I'm almost certain I was speaking English, that I am a foreigner and that to compensate for my lack of understanding he was obliged to turn up the volume. Then again, maybe he's just kind of an idiot who is also a loud talker. Come to think of it, he seemed to be totally unaware of the cartoonist B. Kliban. Please! And he works in a bookstore? Clearly option three is the most correct assessment.