Who Died and Left You in Charge?

Texans don’t like to be bossed around. (Truth is, we all really want to be the boss.)

Texans generally put up with their employers (and the police), but anybody else had better go easy. They’d better not micromanage. They’d better not nag. And they had better not be too officious.

If they try it, they are likely to hear this fine old Texas expression: “Who died and left you in charge?”

Occasionally that is said in a humorous way, but there is always a little bit of seriousness in it. As my Irish grandmother used to say, “Many a truth is told in jest.” Well, that’s also true in Texas.