Posted by Angielala on January 9, 2004, at 8:46:02
In reply to working with mostly men, posted by octopusprime on January 8, 2004, at 23:36:46
That's the weird part- I'm the youngest person in my building and they still have me do all the girly things... though they treat me like on of the guys because I'll do the same out-geek (I love doing that to guys), cuss... but they still think it's ok to unload stupid "typing" tasks on me.
Gah
> > This might sound a bit.... sexist to some, but I dont' mean it that way... but, are there any ladies here that work with mostly men and get treated like a den mom?
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> hmmm ... i have never been treated like a den mom
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> sometimes i'm just one of the boys - probably because i drink and cuss and out-geek them on some topics.
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> sometimes i'm the secretary - doing all the social calls and writing and "girly" things.
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> sometimes i'm invisible - but that was just at one job where everybody else worshipped at the altar of the golf cart and i just don't believe in golf.
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> but never a den mom - probably because i am usually younger than my coworkers.
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> given all of the above i'd rather be one of the boys. but i think that's a topic for another day.
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> i don't hate my job, per se, so i won't apply to your club. however, i do hate working in general, and would like to return to school (and stay there permanently this time) if it wasn't for a little matter of $$$. i liked university and i would be thrilled to return.
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