Never and Always
You are never ___________. Fill in the blank. How does that feel? It depends on how you filled in the blank, doesn’t it? If you filled it in with “on time”, then the statement sounds like an attack. You are always ___________. Fill in the blank. How does that one sound? It also depends on how you filled in the blank. If the filled in word is ‘late’, you want to start citing the times you weren’t late. When we are referring to someone’s negative behavior, avoid the always and