My new colleague....

...is the reason people don't like Americans awfully much... he is a short rotund black guy with a lisp and a very effeminate bearing. This in itself is not a problem, however, yesterday every sentence he uttered began with "Well, at my old school..." in that irritating questioning intonation.

Today he began his shift my asking us in the staff room "SO y'all didn't know that dead girl, did you...? I mean I wanted to ask yesterday..."