Welcome In
Let's Talk. "Welcome In" I started hearing this phrase from some of the performers in OpenSim as folks arrived at the music venue. How nice, so welcoming, I thought. Now I hear it every single night at the start of the local CBS news. It seems such a weird thing for them to say. It is the news on the television, so what are they welcoming us into? The newsroom, I suppose, except that they are there and I am here, so welcoming me in every night just sounds weird. I finally heard it in real life and in a place where it makes sense. A shop. I entered a shop the other day and the proprietor said, "Welcome in!" This felt authentic and made sense to me. Even performers in virtual or real-life venues, it makes sense. My local news station uses this phrase every night at the top of the news hour...THIS makes no sense to me. This phrase, meant to be welcoming and inclusive, is starting to bother me. It is used too much. It seems less authentic than it did before everyo...