THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

MY SWEET TALK IS A FAILURE | 2006-07-23

I knock myself out trying to be nice and for some reason it doesn't work.

"Joe," I said to him, I said, "Joe, a mean old bastard like you might even call me names." And he probably will.

My honied words and diplomacy just don't work and I can't figure out why.