A complaint I hear now and then
Readers of The Slice column sometimes let me know that they were disappointed that I did not use their submission.
That's fair enough.
But every once in a while, someone tacks on "You used everyone else's!"
That baffles me. I mean, how would the reader in question know that? Does he or she have access to my email and phone messages? Or maybe the person possesses some magical power allowing him or her to know exactly how many answers I got in response to a certain question.