I’ve just remembered an LJ anecdote .
Sat around the break room at work & talk turned to what we did at the weekend - I mentioned a lazy Sunday morning with The Mail.
A male colleague who I didn’t know that well asked me if I read “ that woman” in the Mail magazine “ you know , somebody’s diary , it’s at the back”
I confessed that, indeed , I did .
None of the other folk had heard of her , but I started on a tirade of what a truly awful person she was - and he agreed .
We swapped anecdotes & stories & examples of her sheer awfulness when I told him about her attempt at doing a tour .
He went a funny colour and his face dropped .
“ What’s up ? “ I asked
His answer “ it’s not a real person is it ? “
“ I thought the whole thing was supposed to be a joke … like a parody “
And he absolutely refused to believe that she really existed , despite me showing him things on my phone.
I’m convinced that , to this day he refuses to believe a real person is that vile.