Someone I met today is a teacher.

He came into the store asking for something, and he was a little ruddy. His attire told me he wasn't from here, as he wore jeans and a collared shirt on a humid and rainy spring day. That's not a normal choice, for anyone. I'd be wearing slippers and as little clothing as possible. That is a fact.

"So what brings you to Hawaii."
"I'm here for a conference."
"What kind of conference?"
"The conference is about magnetic resonance imaging."

Pause.

"So you do MRIs?"

He gave me a pause and a quick blink, and replied, "Yes." We talked about it a little more, and he's been a teacher in Texas for 30 years. This conference is held around the world every year, from Singapore, to Kyoto, and Montreal.

I mean he was nice, and that was all cool to hear. I just thought it how he said MRI was so interesting. I guess some laymen wouldn't understand the acronym, but making that assumption that all of them don't could make you look pretentious.