Noel

"You're not talking to the paperboy..."

Huh? What the heck does that mean?
Well, I'm watching an episode of West Wing from season 2 entitled 'Noel'. It's the episode that addressed Josh suffering from PTSD after he was shot in the first season finale. The episode begins with Josh meeting with a representative of ATVA (America Trauma Victim Association). The representative is not forth coming with some information and of course Josh has done his research so he confronts him and tells the representative he's not dealing with the paperboy. The representative knows Josh isn't laying it all out either so he confronts him with the above quote with the addition of a seventh word, "either."

The quote made me think of my auxiliary meeting Thursday night. Several members of the fire department showed up unannounced and uninvited to our meeting to discuss a major topic. I was not pleased with how they handled this and I let that be known. I can't go into specifics but basically what they were suggesting would involve a total restructuring of our organization, you know nothing major to just drop in and discuss. There were times in the conversation that I felt the tone was condescending which obviously I didn't appreciate it. And now what I wish I'd looked them straight in the eye and said is, you're not talking to the paperboy.