Bummed Narrative

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Narrative Around the age of 12, I can remember sitting around the coffee table in the living room after school. I would sit there and do homework or read and watch tv with my family. My parents would usually sit and talk while we watched. Very often, I would hear one phrase from my dad. “I’m bummed about that” would usually be said once or twice a sitting, always said in a tone of dread and frustration. After hearing his complaint to my mother, I would usually just sit and wonder what he had meant by bummed. Even outside of my home I have always heard the word passed onto someone. From one classmate to another, friend to friend, or even just strangers they have never talked to before. At work, I could hear the cashier tell a coworker how ‘bummed' she was about having to restock the empty aisle, or about the homework she had to grade to other teachers who came in. Sitting in my chemistry class I could hear students telling others that they were bummed about …show more content…

Springing up into random conversations, it seemed to never get the positive spotlight. Was bummed originally meant to mean something so negative, something people used when they dreaded doing an activity? Everyone seemed to use the word, which made me wonder if it was used all over, with the same meaning. Along with if the meaning of the word was easy to see in context to those who haven’t heard the word. The more I thought about the word, the more questions seemed to jump up. I would wonder where the person had heard the word, why it was used, and how often people seem to use the word ‘bummed’ in their contact with others, or if everyone who used it even knew what it meant. While I wondered about the way ‘bummed’ spread across friends and strangers alike, I even caught myself telling others how bummed I was about something in my personal or work

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