After our weekly staff meeting at work today, I sent the following email to a co-worker, entitled “a favor”:

i really hate to bring it up, but i need to ask for a personal favor. i know we’re hardly PC around here, but still, i’m wondering if you could please refrain from using the word “retard” around me — for obvious reasons. for a long time i’ve hoped someone else would ask you to stop saying it, but it appears as though no one will, so i’ll bite the bullet and ask myself.

chalk it up to me being a loser — that’s fine.

this email doesn’t require a response.

thanks.

amy