I'm still working on recognizing sarcasm, but I'm getting disturbingly good at recognizing rage, contempt, condescension, smugness, conceit, and pity.

Last night one restaurant was literally dripping with tension. The why is not clear, but the signals made more sense.

I utterly missed one episode of sarcasm until this morning. If I'm going to continue living in the South, I need to improve my indirect communication.