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Z's guide to etiquette
Feb. 7th, 2011 17:11Dear male colleague,
When you visit a female colleague's office for the first time, it's okay to comment on the nice view of the main quad from her window. It's not okay to comment on that view in the context of remembering when you were a student here in 1970 and you and several hundred other people streaked the quad while a couple of people parachuted naked out of a plane in which the pilot was naked, and there were naked people sitting on a naked horse, and various other interesting sights that had to do with people being naked. It was...an interesting story, but also extremely skeevy to share it like that as the first thing you say to a colleague you've never met before, in her office with the door mostly closed.
No love,
Z.
When you visit a female colleague's office for the first time, it's okay to comment on the nice view of the main quad from her window. It's not okay to comment on that view in the context of remembering when you were a student here in 1970 and you and several hundred other people streaked the quad while a couple of people parachuted naked out of a plane in which the pilot was naked, and there were naked people sitting on a naked horse, and various other interesting sights that had to do with people being naked. It was...an interesting story, but also extremely skeevy to share it like that as the first thing you say to a colleague you've never met before, in her office with the door mostly closed.
No love,
Z.
