I'm trying not to send a snippy message to the counselor at Kaiser, who says she can't refill my prescription until she sees me next we because it's been six months. Yes, honey, that's true, but you've out with foot surgery for two months. I saw one of your colleagues, but apparently you don't trust her judgment.

I'd ask him a question, and he'd look at my supervisor while answering. I called him out on it though, and he started addressing me directly.

Seriously, who needs to be called on that? How is that not explicitly bullshit rude behaviour?

I know I'm an eye contact freakazoid, but seriously.

At the vet with kitten. It was supposed to be a quick post neuter checkup. But he was I'll last night and is lethargic this morning . Hoping he is justdehydrated

Seriously, who needs to be called on that? How is that not explicitly bullshit rude behaviour?

I had a hard time keeping my temper, especially when he said his initial reaction to me was, "What qualifications does this woman have?" Calling me "this woman" (in retelling the story) to my face. I think he'd respect me more if I was a dude who bullshitted my way through stuff I didn't know. But that ain't my style.

I had a hard time keeping my temper, especially when he said his initial reaction to me was, "What qualifications does this woman have?" Calling me "this woman" (in retelling the story) to my face. I think he'd respect me more if I was a dude who bullshitted my way through stuff I didn't know. But that ain't my style.

That is some serious bullshit. Kick his ass, metaphorically of course.

the only answer that matters is "More than him." I think really his biggest mistake is in relating that thought exactly as he experienced it(Because "this woman" sounds mad sexist. Much like he would get out of control if you really called him "Puppy Boy" at work.)

his biggest mistake is in relating that thought exactly as he experienced it

Seriously. (I need to stop saying that). But why do so many people make that mistake, or decide it doesn't matter?

Don't know, ita. But it's not really terrible to *think* you have an inexperienced boss, as much as it is to say it harshly to her face.

Now, smonster. You know girls don't know nothing about construction.

Quite frequently, what appalls me about people was not what they thought, but that they told anyone else about it.

It's amazing how many people don't seem to have an internal censor between the brain and the mouth. I've been guilty of it in the past, although I've learned ... the hard way. It's especially surprising how many people in public life who you'd think would have learned haven't.

And now ... to demonstrate the power of the press - at the farmer's market there's a vendor I go to on a regular basis. They raise all kinds of greens - lettuces, herbs, watercress, sorrel - in hydroponic greenhouses. In the middle of winter, they sell fresh, crispy, clean greens. Last week in the food section of the paper they had a big article about them. This past Sunday the market opened at 10:00 am. By 10:22 (they timed it) they were just about sold out.

They were happy, if a bit stunned. I'm trying what was left - baby tatsoi. I had to look it up to figure out what to do with it.