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maderrSo the boss was in tonight, and after lecturing everyone on this and that about the store, he wanders up to the front of the store to "check on things." So begins the mutual 'ego stroking' b/t the boss and two of his workers. He made a comment about how smoothly the store was running, and so began the strokefest. To hear them tell it everything female in the store is purely decorative. Nevermind that it took all three of them to do a job that I can do solo, or that while they were stroking Becca was running the store even though she wasn't the manager that night. Neither was I, but nevertheless I was still picking up his (C's, who was the manager tonight) slack.
I know I must sound like a man hater or something, but I'm not. But I get sick of doing all the work and doing it at least twice as well only to have the boss come in and promptly ignore all my efforts. Without the HM and the assistants that acutally work (all female) that store would have bombed a long time ago. But we're not part of the Penis Club, so clearly we don't count.
I know I must sound like a man hater or something, but I'm not. But I get sick of doing all the work and doing it at least twice as well only to have the boss come in and promptly ignore all my efforts. Without the HM and the assistants that acutally work (all female) that store would have bombed a long time ago. But we're not part of the Penis Club, so clearly we don't count.
hmm.
Date: 2004-03-21 06:27 am (UTC)Bad representation, right? Well. what's worse is that we do everything that men do, except that we have more leeway with our PT scores. For that reason, a lot of the men believe that we shouldn't be there. Regardless of the fact that on the whole, females in the Corps get better grades than the men.
These are womanizing creeps, who see nothing wrong with picking up chicks in bars, but the second that a girl tries to do what they do, the girl is in the wrong. They respect their mother, they respect their girlfriends, but not us.
These are the exceptions of course, but they are really annoying exceptions. And you know how you deal with them? Either by ignoring the hell out of them, sarcasm, or letting a trusted buddy deal with them.
Your boss sounds like one of these guys. Don't sweat it. The world is full of assholes, and when you get into a career you want, it'll get better.
Why the hell do you think he's managing at LC? Because no one else would hire him, likely. Bosses in the RW know that women are important, and if they don't, they're going to get their asses kicked to prove it.
;)
Re: hmm.
Date: 2004-03-22 05:57 am (UTC)Sheesh, sounds like I don't have much room to bitch. Men always act like they're toughter, stronger, etc. so why do they bitch when they're held to those higher standards? Blah.
Oh, he doesn't manage the store though. By boss I mean the man that actually owns it - he was actually so good at what he did before that LC literally gave him a store to manage. Now he has like three here in NC.
Re: hmm.
Date: 2004-03-22 05:59 am (UTC)And what did he do before? Piss off his workers for a living?
Re: hmm.
Date: 2004-03-22 06:01 am (UTC)Nah - the sad part is that he really is cool guy, just not the greatest owner. Outside of the store he's awesome. He did a lot of work for corporate, in marketing, sales...something else. Also worked in some of the stores, the man knows his shit. He just is also something of the "women are lesser than men" school w/out quite realizing he is.
Re: hmm.
Date: 2004-03-22 06:08 am (UTC)Re: hmm.
Date: 2004-03-22 06:16 am (UTC)it confounds me.
Re: hmm.
Date: 2004-03-22 06:18 am (UTC)