Today's post on Calie's T-Central blog is witty, insightful, pithy, and brilliant. It's also mine. :)
And it doesn't even include the word "querent."
Thank you Calie ~ this is not only a great way for me to end my first year of blogging, it's also timely ~ I was so busy writing my first Android app I forgot to write a post!
And although I said thank you to all of you a couple of days ago ~ I can't say it enough. Thank you, all.
And I'll understand if you jump over to t-c and read what's there.
Showing posts with label t-central. Show all posts
Showing posts with label t-central. Show all posts
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Rally Report X: ...And Out of the Office
I caught up with D who works in the next building. I only see her when we meet at the little cafe downstairs. We talk when we catch up because she's the type who talks to everyone. I know more about her than I do about most of my co-workers. I had mentioned that I was going to the rally; she asked how it went.
I said to her "I was there in costume." She said "what was your costume?" I said "I went as the scariest person I could think of" and she said "Christine O'Donnell." Even conservatives think she's scary!
I told her I have pictures, and she gave me her card so we can plan to catch up and I can show her what I have.
We finally caught up again a week later. I showed her the business cards I made to hand out and the pictures. She was effusive, but to be fair, she's always effusive. She said she couldn't believe it was me, and "you make a gorgeous woman". I told her that I made her all by myself. She asked who did my makeup; I told her I did. She said the brown hair and bangs really showed off my blue eyes. She also assumed "your wife didn't want anything to do with you." I told her she was there, but not in the pictures.
I sent her a soft copy of one of the pictures. No response, and I haven't seen her since.
I think that's enough showing the pictures around the office. I don't remember who had good or bad reactions to my visit last year, so I'm not going to hunt people out. Plus, people in this industry lean more to the right than average Americans. Not surprisingly, no-one's come by and said "I heard about the pictures. Can I see?"
Exactly a week after I bought my makeup, and had my nails and eyebrows done, I dropped by the mall, hoping to visit three women who helped me: my makeup consultant at Sephora, the woman (V) who waxed my brows, hands, and did my manicure, and the woman at Ann Taylor who picked out the t-shirt for me. My first stop was Sephora, where they said they never heard of the woman who helped me just one week earlier. Cue the twilight zone music.
I did see V, who was doing a manicure for a twenty-something client. She said she was disappointed that I didn't come by after the rally. I showed her the pictures and she kept saying loudly "you are SO pretty!" For some reason, before looking at the pictures, she got up and moved a few feet from her station. I definitely got a mixed message here. She moved away from the client and another employee as if she didn't want to show them the pictures, but kept LOUDLY saying the same thing over and over. If we were closer, I would have turned the pictures towards the client so she could see. If the other manicurist had come over, I would have shown her the pictures too. I'm more than happy to get other opinions, and although "you are SO pretty" is fantastic to hear, criticism is welcome too. Even hostility is OK ~ maybe I've been lucky and not had any overt bad reactions. Maybe bad reactions are rare. But it can't hurt to experience it and be ready for it next time.
I often leave my encounters with regrets over things I didn't do, but that's another post (and it'll be on T-Central, instead of here).
Ann Taylor was a long shot. I've explained how I am with faces, but I was hoping the woman who helped pick out the clothes would remember me. There were two young ladies there, and the woman who helped was maybe 40. I couldn't really ask if she was around ~ I couldn't describe her at all, and didn't have her name.
Two strikes, and I'm out.
And unless someone points out something I missed, I'm through with the rally.
Maybe next year Meg will go to the American Progress conference.
D is the anti-me.
| Me | D |
| Introvert | Extrovert |
| Male | Female |
| Progressive | Conservative |
| Not allowed to wear makeup but does | Allowed to wear makeup but doesn't |
I said to her "I was there in costume." She said "what was your costume?" I said "I went as the scariest person I could think of" and she said "Christine O'Donnell." Even conservatives think she's scary!
I told her I have pictures, and she gave me her card so we can plan to catch up and I can show her what I have.
We finally caught up again a week later. I showed her the business cards I made to hand out and the pictures. She was effusive, but to be fair, she's always effusive. She said she couldn't believe it was me, and "you make a gorgeous woman". I told her that I made her all by myself. She asked who did my makeup; I told her I did. She said the brown hair and bangs really showed off my blue eyes. She also assumed "your wife didn't want anything to do with you." I told her she was there, but not in the pictures.
I sent her a soft copy of one of the pictures. No response, and I haven't seen her since.
I think that's enough showing the pictures around the office. I don't remember who had good or bad reactions to my visit last year, so I'm not going to hunt people out. Plus, people in this industry lean more to the right than average Americans. Not surprisingly, no-one's come by and said "I heard about the pictures. Can I see?"
Exactly a week after I bought my makeup, and had my nails and eyebrows done, I dropped by the mall, hoping to visit three women who helped me: my makeup consultant at Sephora, the woman (V) who waxed my brows, hands, and did my manicure, and the woman at Ann Taylor who picked out the t-shirt for me. My first stop was Sephora, where they said they never heard of the woman who helped me just one week earlier. Cue the twilight zone music.
I did see V, who was doing a manicure for a twenty-something client. She said she was disappointed that I didn't come by after the rally. I showed her the pictures and she kept saying loudly "you are SO pretty!" For some reason, before looking at the pictures, she got up and moved a few feet from her station. I definitely got a mixed message here. She moved away from the client and another employee as if she didn't want to show them the pictures, but kept LOUDLY saying the same thing over and over. If we were closer, I would have turned the pictures towards the client so she could see. If the other manicurist had come over, I would have shown her the pictures too. I'm more than happy to get other opinions, and although "you are SO pretty" is fantastic to hear, criticism is welcome too. Even hostility is OK ~ maybe I've been lucky and not had any overt bad reactions. Maybe bad reactions are rare. But it can't hurt to experience it and be ready for it next time.
I often leave my encounters with regrets over things I didn't do, but that's another post (and it'll be on T-Central, instead of here).
Ann Taylor was a long shot. I've explained how I am with faces, but I was hoping the woman who helped pick out the clothes would remember me. There were two young ladies there, and the woman who helped was maybe 40. I couldn't really ask if she was around ~ I couldn't describe her at all, and didn't have her name.
Two strikes, and I'm out.
And unless someone points out something I missed, I'm through with the rally.
Maybe next year Meg will go to the American Progress conference.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
