Southern Hospitality

There is something to be said for "Southern Hospitality." This first week in a new job, though overwhelming and stressful, was filled with meeting the most gracious and welcoming folk i've ever come across. All the gentleman opened my car doors and pulled out chairs. I was called "Mam" by just about everyone I came across...that or Ms. Erin. When ordering at restaurants, I felt like such a VIP because all the servers bent over backwards to make sure we were happy and liked what we ordered...and this was at SHONEY's!

My supervisor had arranged that I meet with someone or tour something almost every hour of my first week! I met the athletics department, student activities, graduate studies, law school, the veterinary school, the medical school, the nursing school....you name it..i did it this week.

I also learned that there is a new phrase in the English language called "You'n" as in "Have You'ns been here before?" I also decided that I from here on out need to stop judging southern accents. Just because they speak with a slow drawl...it means nothing of their intelligence. Prac]tically all the Ph.D's and physicans I met this week sound like good ole' country boys, and im' pretty sure they did better on their SAT's than I did.