Thank you for your comment here--and my apologies for taking so long to reply. :) I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head in a lot of regards, as often you do.
I am an idealist. (Duh, right? ;) And rudeness irks the hell out of me because, for the same amount of effort as it takes to behave rudely, a person could behave considerately and yet, maybe, have a positive effect on the world instead of the opposite. So people like the upstair's supervisor drive me batty for the misery that their mere existence seems to bring.
I'm also "blessed" to look young for my age, and I am already the youngest person at the new office. When I was introduced around, I got comments like, "Oh, we hire interns now?" and "She looks like she's still in high school!" which I know people didn't mean nastily--both people to make these comments have been two of the nicer coworkers at this new place--but I'm sure reflects the attitude that a lot of people have: a young female employee who looks like she's still in high school must be 1) really dumb and 2) not to be taken seriously.
Oh, and some people still insist on referring to me as "Mr. F____'s secretary," despite the fact that 1) we have an office secretary already, 2) Johnny the Boss has corrected people on this numerous times and publicly introduced me as "Dawn the research analyst" on several occasions to put a stop to it, and 3) my duties in no way lend the impression that I am a secretary. Yet I suppose young, blond, female, what else could I be, right?
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Date: 2007-12-26 09:28 pm (UTC)I am an idealist. (Duh, right? ;) And rudeness irks the hell out of me because, for the same amount of effort as it takes to behave rudely, a person could behave considerately and yet, maybe, have a positive effect on the world instead of the opposite. So people like the upstair's supervisor drive me batty for the misery that their mere existence seems to bring.
I'm also "blessed" to look young for my age, and I am already the youngest person at the new office. When I was introduced around, I got comments like, "Oh, we hire interns now?" and "She looks like she's still in high school!" which I know people didn't mean nastily--both people to make these comments have been two of the nicer coworkers at this new place--but I'm sure reflects the attitude that a lot of people have: a young female employee who looks like she's still in high school must be 1) really dumb and 2) not to be taken seriously.
Oh, and some people still insist on referring to me as "Mr. F____'s secretary," despite the fact that 1) we have an office secretary already, 2) Johnny the Boss has corrected people on this numerous times and publicly introduced me as "Dawn the research analyst" on several occasions to put a stop to it, and 3) my duties in no way lend the impression that I am a secretary. Yet I suppose young, blond, female, what else could I be, right?