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Watch your language
I ran across a 1943 guide to hiring women. In addition to learning young, married women (less likely to be flirtatious) who were “husky” (more likely to be even tempered) were the best candidates, I learned employers should watch their language around their female employees. “Never ridicule a woman — it breaks her spirit and cuts off her efficiency.” Thanks, I’ll watch my criticisms.
—Sydney
Panic button pushed
What idiot tells people to pull all their money out of the bank if you know it will be a struggle to live for the next five years? Well, someone on national TV did, and the stock market took a huge dip instead of a jump up like expected. Has this guy ever heard of the Great Depression? How did that start again?
— Alexis
How rude
During Tuesday’s debate, McCain not only referred to Obama as “that one” instead of using his actual name, but he also dodged shaking Obama’s hand at the end by quickly maneuvering his wife in front of him to do it instead.
What’s McCain afraid of? A little civility?
— Holly
I can’t stand you
I need someone to tell me how to politely separate myself from someone I abhor. Twice this week I’ve been forced to interact with people I really can’t stand. Although I think I handled it well in both situations, I know I’m doomed to deal with both of them in the future. But maybe the Lord will have mercy, and I’ll wake up to discover they’re some manifestation of the darkest parts of my psyche.
—Lianna
40-minute fall
One week, highs in the 80s, lows in the 20s. Dammit.
— Kevin
Pipe down, Chachi
You ever have those smug bastards in any of your classes who think they know more about everything than anyone else on the face of the planet? They make snide comments under their breath, feel the need to spout their superior knowledge to their supposedly inferior classmates and challenge the professor about any and every minuscule little fact? Yeah, me too.
— Christina
Bring it on
It’s beginning to get freaking cold out there, and this will be the first winter that my roomies and I have spent in our new house. We have shrink wrapped the windows, fired up the vintage propane stove and will be getting new weather-stripping this weekend. Now let’s see some snow.
— Jake
Slashed tires
OK, I’m not sure how this all came about because it wasn’t bad until this week. When parking your bicycle at a bike rack, for the love of everything holy don’t just throw it leaving a mess of wheels, frame and handlebars for me to sort through. This is not rocket science, nor is there a class you can take or an instructional video you can watch. Figure it out for yourself, or you’ll be reading about a phantom bike tire slasher in the paper. Don’t think I will? I’m stealthy, like a cat. Just remember that next time you throw your bike at the rack.
— Levi
Overkill
I heard Oliver Stone made a movie about George W. Bush. Really? He’s not even out of office yet. Oh, and it’s supposed to be taken seriously. Yeah, right.
— Lulu
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