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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
How you know you'll never go anywhere in a company
When your boss (52-year-old man) calls you (29-year-old woman) "kiddo." Repeatedly.
When your boss returns from a trip overseas and hugs your male co-worker and says that it's like he's his long lost son, and then pats you on the head. Yes, pats...like a dog.
Of the 20+ managers in the company, 1 is female.
When your boss gives you his company card to buy some food for visiting customers, and calls it "Dad's credit card."
Re: How you know you'll never go anywhere in a company
My Lunch Blog
Wow.........I can't even formulate a response to this. Is he a really, really old man? Because that's the only possible reason that anyone could think this is OK....
ETA- yea, I didn't read over the ages the first time. Not acceptable.
That sucks. I'm sorry you have to put up with this. I hope you're looking for something new (?) and that it pans out sooner rather than later.
However, I must admit that my main reaction to this post is disappointment that this wasn't more turtleneck co-worker stories.
Thank you, I'd missed that weird coworker story, and I think its the weirdest coworker story I've ever seen. And, I'm sorry.
I am really curious... what does turtle meat lady do for a job?
damn!
My director called me kiddo. But he is retiring in a few months and is known for saying idiot things. He is also not the one responsible for promoting me though.
I'm sorry, but he's young enough to know better.
Eeewwww! The head pat actually makes my skin crawl.
Sorry, K, that really, really sucks!
"The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past." - Sylvia Plath
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DI'm sorry, that sucks.
My boss says/does inappropriate things all the time, like calling me "dear" and coming into my office saying "hey girl." Just last week he told me that a male coworker needed to "take off his skirt" and just do somthing.
But I just take solace in the fact that he acts inappropriately towards all women & the higher ups know, so its not necessarily a commentary on my status/role in the organization. FWIW, I am at the director level, too.
Trains Across America
Would you like to buy my condo in Salem?
Yes,I'm smiling...I'm a marathoner!
Bloggy McBloggerson
CO Nestie Award Winner-Prettiest Brain-Back to Back!
2011 Bests
5K-22:49 10K-47:38 Half Mary-1:51:50
2012 Race Report
1/1-New Year's 5K-22:11
2/11-Sweetheart Classic 4-mile-29:49
3/24-Coulee Chase 5K-21:40
5/6-Colorado Marathon-4:08:30
5/28-Bolder Boulder 10K