stereotypes....

It annoys me that stereotypes are consistently given a hard time. They are infact tremendously useful and in this modern day when nobody has time for anybody the are instrumental in allowing us to decide whether or not to bother meeting someone. Granted, if you dig a little deeper than the surface you might find (very possibly) that someone has many qualities and redeeming characteristics that you never thought were there e.g I am Scottish. I may look dour and mean...

...but just meet me and you will be pleasantly surprised by my warmth, generosity, wit and charm.....

.....stereotypes.....useful but mostly wrong......!