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Jul. 1st, 2004 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pixiecrinkleI am so amused by my day. K & S and I occasionally end up dissecting some social problem or question via email throughout the day, since we used to be able to just wander in each other's offices and blurt things out.
There's this guy here at work (HM) who used to absolutely treat me like dirt (I suspected he had strong sexist feelings, and others generally agreed with that.) He acted like I didn't have a brain in my head, and in response, I just had no patience for his lack of competence. When I moved to the IT department he began being very friendly with me very suddenly. He always says hi, makes chitchat, etc. I decided that perhaps by getting this job I'd somehow proven myself worthy. Whatever. It was much more pleasant than our former interaction, so I just went with it.
So on my way to lunch, I get on the elevator and he's in there. The conversation goes like this:
I then left the elevator entirely confused. I have no idea what that meant. I have determined he must have me confused with some other employee, who is recently married or recently gave birth. This would not be the first time I've been confused with someone else here.
Upon coming back from lunch, I emailed K&S this charming story. They agreed that there's some confusion. It was theorized that "the suitor" has spread it around that I've married him. After divulging that "the suitor" has asked me out yet again, they decided I make boys nervous. This was K's response:
K: Okay - HM is weird, he has you confused with someone else! S. is right - you make boys nervous A., that's all I can say! It's nothing you do intentionally, it's your independence and your ability to be sure of yourself and not care what people think! There, that is my big sisterly take on the whole thing. Have a great weekend!
Me: That's all well and good, but that's not the super power I would have chosen for myself. :-)
K: But, it is a GOOD superpower. Because, the one who breaks through and doesn't let it bother him will be the one you want to be with!
Sniff. I think I'm gonna cry now. I like my friends. They don't even know of the strife in my head due to my sister's engagement, and how I think I might be a spinster* forever, and how I think I really might be ok with that. Wow.
*I use spinster not in any negative sense, but in the Miss Manners sense of "oh what silly kind of made up word is 'bachelorette'."
There's this guy here at work (HM) who used to absolutely treat me like dirt (I suspected he had strong sexist feelings, and others generally agreed with that.) He acted like I didn't have a brain in my head, and in response, I just had no patience for his lack of competence. When I moved to the IT department he began being very friendly with me very suddenly. He always says hi, makes chitchat, etc. I decided that perhaps by getting this job I'd somehow proven myself worthy. Whatever. It was much more pleasant than our former interaction, so I just went with it.
So on my way to lunch, I get on the elevator and he's in there. The conversation goes like this:
HM: Hi there. How are you?
Me: I'm fine, how are you?
HM: Good. How's family life treating you?
[At this point several people enter the elevator, and I didn't hear him.]
Me: I'm sorry, what?
HM: How's family life treating you?
Me: Um....ok.
I then left the elevator entirely confused. I have no idea what that meant. I have determined he must have me confused with some other employee, who is recently married or recently gave birth. This would not be the first time I've been confused with someone else here.
Upon coming back from lunch, I emailed K&S this charming story. They agreed that there's some confusion. It was theorized that "the suitor" has spread it around that I've married him. After divulging that "the suitor" has asked me out yet again, they decided I make boys nervous. This was K's response:
K: Okay - HM is weird, he has you confused with someone else! S. is right - you make boys nervous A., that's all I can say! It's nothing you do intentionally, it's your independence and your ability to be sure of yourself and not care what people think! There, that is my big sisterly take on the whole thing. Have a great weekend!
Me: That's all well and good, but that's not the super power I would have chosen for myself. :-)
K: But, it is a GOOD superpower. Because, the one who breaks through and doesn't let it bother him will be the one you want to be with!
Sniff. I think I'm gonna cry now. I like my friends. They don't even know of the strife in my head due to my sister's engagement, and how I think I might be a spinster* forever, and how I think I really might be ok with that. Wow.
*I use spinster not in any negative sense, but in the Miss Manners sense of "oh what silly kind of made up word is 'bachelorette'."
