How Stupid Do You Think I Am?

Coworkers, I can hear you talking. I have heard you talking for months. Do you think you girls can just flap your gums to everybody about what a freak you think I am and not have me notice or find out? Frankly, considering how nice I've been to you and how I've never done a damn thing that would warrant the things you say, how you are behaving is pretty damn rude.

You know, if I were the HR point person at my company I would try to be the person who stops the rumor mill not the person who feeds it. Are you aware what kind of liability you make yourself to the company? If you feel there's an issue that needs to be addressed, perhaps addressing it with me would be smarter than smearing my name without giving me the benefit of enlightening you with the truth about myself.

I'm embarrassed that I've shared my personal and private feelings with some of you only to literally hear you share them with the other hens in the office only moments later. I'm embarrassed to have welcomed you in my home, offered you my hospitality and given you a chance to get to know me better only to hear later that you found the whole experience creepy. Do you know how shallow that makes you? I'm embarrassed that I thought you were my friend. Be assured, I won't make that mistake again any time soon.

I know I've never been anybody's favorite person. I get that. Do me the courtesy of not lying about me though. I am not some kind of creepy sexual deviant. I am not a predator. I am no threat to you. I admit that I have not always made the best choices in my life but I have dug myself out of a hole deeper than any I hope any of you ever find yourselves in. I have turned my life around and kept my nose clean. Besides that, I'm a nice guy. I am polite, especially to those of you I work with. I am a good husband and a good father. Do I have my problems? Of course I do but let's not act like your shit smells like roses.

I've never had great things just handed to me and God knows I've blown some pretty good opportunities with bad decisions. I've had to work my ass off to get where I am and I won't have some snotty, gossipy little girl trying to fit in with the popular girls ruin that for me.

From now on, do me a favor. Say what you have to say about me to my face. Stop insulting my intelligence by thinking I'm not clued in to what you are saying and who you are saying it to. If you think something I am doing or saying is creepy, offensive, annoying, or wrong, just say so. I can hear you saying it to the rest of the office anyway.

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Pain is often a deterrent. So is Crazy.

Submitted by Rebecca (not verified) on September 24, 2006 - 2:29pm.

Kick them in the shins. Or egg their houses. Kick them in the shins while egging their houses.

Yah, what a crap-culture

Submitted by Danny (not verified) on September 24, 2006 - 3:52pm.

I think life is tough and people use what they've got sure, but their behavior is childish and little-teenie-bopper-like and is a shame to the modern business woman. They justify glass ceilings. They don't feel like they are subject to the male rules, but they are subject to social limits and laws. You aren't subject to their female rules either. Sure western capitalism sometimes seems built on female disdain, but this could amount to a hostile workplace, making them expensive liabilities to your company.

Just a few, I hope

Submitted by Rebecca (not verified) on September 24, 2006 - 4:59pm.

Danny, I'm hoping that when you write, "their female rules," and "female disdain," you're talking only about these particular women. I think you probably are, but worded in that way it sounds a little all-encompassing. Not all of us are catty.

I hope not!

Submitted by Danny (not verified) on September 25, 2006 - 2:58pm.

Yes I admit to being a burned bitter angry man with issues. My emotional investment in desiring the affections of women (just one woman would be fine) lead me to some amount of disappointment and frustration. I do believe that women are human beings just like me with some different history and experiences in their past from having lived in a different kind of human body and sub-culture. I feel we are equal morally. It is a generalization to say that women socially network to their own advantage and use their sex characteristics for influence, although some cliches are true. I resent that ability and admire it. I still want to be in the game and succeed in a relationship with a woman, somehow. I am sure I use my illusion too, it just doesn't seem to trade at the same price.