I just got done with my 5pm report on tabloid magazines becoming more and more focused on politics, or should I say, the polititicans. And I noted that millions of Americans view the tabloid headlines while standing “on line” in the grocery store. Well this is the comment I recieved from an NBC5 viewer just moments after my live shot:
Just finished listening to your report on the 5 p.m. Wednesday news.
Nobody outside of Manhattan, N.Y., stands “on line.” Normal people stand in line. Unless there is a line drawn on the sidewalk, then, maybe, you stand “on a line.”
Hope this is helpful. Envy your golf game.
Well I don’t know if he or she knew this… but I am from Manhatten, grow up just 20 miles north of the Big Apple and lived on the West Side, for nearly 6 years! And yes, I say standing “on line” and I don’t say “Ya’ll” and I never bothered to correct anyone who does.
All kidding aside the viewer does raise a valid point, but since I am a New Yorker, and stubborn, I’m sticking with I hate standing “ON LINE” at the grocery store.
(To the viewer, I thank you for coming to Grant’s Rant to post! and please post any time!)
