I'm also a door-holder. Also, to clarify, I am all for politeness and courtesy. Just not gender-based.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DebetEsse - Sep 13, 2011 12:07:31 pm PDT #25870 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Toddson - Sep 13, 2011 12:09:21 pm PDT #25871 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I hold the door as I go through for people behind me; I'll stand aside and hold it for people carrying things or dealing with recalcitrant children or dogs. I hate when someone makes a big production out of the door-holding, coat-assisting, seating, etc. I resent when I hold the door for someone and they sail through as though I were their personal door holder (they're usually on the phone damn them).
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2011 12:12:06 pm PDT #25872 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm still mad at people who I obviously let into traffic that don't give me a thank you wave. So I stop letting people in.
Say hello to the problem!
Allyson - Sep 13, 2011 12:16:29 pm PDT #25873 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
IT WAS YOU ON THE 405, ita.
meara - Sep 13, 2011 12:18:22 pm PDT #25874 of 30001
Good god, Consuela. I would seriously have lost my shit at the woman LONG ago. I remain impressed you haven't trashed her office while screaming your head off. Lordy.
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2011 12:20:38 pm PDT #25875 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IT WAS YOU ON THE 405, ita.
Fuck, yeah. Be nicer to me next time, eh?
JenP - Sep 13, 2011 12:23:39 pm PDT #25876 of 30001
Any thoughts on whether you're going to apply at your friend's company, Consuela?
Consuela - Sep 13, 2011 12:23:44 pm PDT #25877 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I remain impressed you haven't trashed her office while screaming your head off. Lordy.
She doesn't work for me, so I can't do anything about her. Frankly, I'm not sure who she works for. I can't discipline her, or even assign her work, although I do pass projects to her.
Happily, the new boss has announced a staff meeting this week (first one ever!) to talk about, among other things, "work management".
Consuela - Sep 13, 2011 12:24:56 pm PDT #25878 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Any thoughts on whether you're going to apply at your friend's company, Consuela?
I'm gonna wait until October--the HR folks here are going to try one last time to bring me on. If it doesn't work, then yeah, I'll be talking to M again.
Pity, though: I would lose my alternate Fridays off, which I really love. It's not the only reason to stay, but it's a really good one.
Atropa - Sep 13, 2011 12:28:30 pm PDT #25879 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The last time I had the full-out "treat women like queens" experience was in this hard-core old-world Italian restaurant in the theater district.
The last time I had that sort of experience was a hard-core old-world Italian place in Vegas. My menu didn't have any prices on it. The grandfatherly Italian maitre de thought I was just precious.