ASS-U-ME

Someone once told me a long, long time ago that to assume is to just make an ass out of u and me. An equation that goes like this:

assume = ass + u + me

I try to keep this in mind whenever the situation arises. But I am amazed that knowing this doesn't stop people from making assumptions, which more often that not results in the most erroneous conclusions.

Sad to say, it is the people around me who make these assumptions. Just because I am quiet and keep to myself, people immediately assume that I do not know or am ignorant on the topic at hand. And I am secretly amused by the totally wrong conclusions that they draw about me.

They are unwilling to give these assumptions the benefit of doubt it deserves. Thereby drawing the conclusion that they are so doggedly sure is true! And I feel reluctant to correct their misconception simply because I believe it would dissappoint them. Maybe I should correct them so that they do not look down on me, but somehow over time, I have taken on the devil-may-care attitude to their ignorant assumptions.