I was stewing about two co-workers who share nothing but a job title. One is too slow, one is too fast; one is flight, one is fight; and the only thing have in common is that neither appreciates the other.
“His porridge is too cold, her porridge is too hot,” I grumbled to myself, then wondered what I was thinking about, because I had almost forgotten about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
That led me to Wikipedia, where I learned a number of things I didn’t know.
- Goldilocks is a 19th century story. I thought all fairy tales went back to Middle Ages.
- In the original, Goldilocks was, per Wikipedia, “an obscene old woman.” Hello, I’m right here. I found the original, and I would protest she is not obscene, just profane.
- My need to have a third bullet here goes back to a literary “rule of three.”
Since the day I learned about Goldilocks, the two coworkers appear to be joining forces and assigning each other work appropriate to their personalities, so I don’t have to request they promote some other wee baby bear so the porridge is just right.