offices full of hens.
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
jgasm wrote:
some reason people thought my response was innapropriate
They were probably either spineless, or dense. Perhaps, both.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
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To counter the people who thought it inapropriate, I think it was kinda funny. And considering she asked you if you were single, that's got to be just as inapropriate. You could have said, "I agree, she is cute. But we did the horizontal mambo one night and she's a horrible dancer." :cool:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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To counter the people who thought it inapropriate, I think it was kinda funny. And considering she asked you if you were single, that's got to be just as inapropriate. You could have said, "I agree, she is cute. But we did the horizontal mambo one night and she's a horrible dancer." :cool:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
Chris Meech wrote:
"I agree, she is cute. But we did the horizontal mambo one night and she's a horrible dancer."
alright. ill save that for the next time this happens. which it will. :sigh:
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
jgasm wrote:
i said "well maybe you should date her and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate."
I would definitely not have said that even if I had no attraction to Laura at all. Something on the lines of not mixing work with dating would be more appropriate.
John
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Chris Meech wrote:
"I agree, she is cute. But we did the horizontal mambo one night and she's a horrible dancer."
alright. ill save that for the next time this happens. which it will. :sigh:
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
or "I make it a rule to avoid swimming in the company pool"
Steve
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or "I make it a rule to avoid swimming in the company pool"
Steve
:laugh: awesome.
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
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jgasm wrote:
i said "well maybe you should date her"
Excellent... Dang girls/women are so nosy!!! Or, if this Laura is single, it could be a way of finding out where you're standing... :-?
jgasm wrote:
and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate.
And people are losing their sense of humour or may be never had one... :-\ One answer could be: "There is no place for my personal life at work!" This only if you don't want to swim there...as somebody else mentioned... Have a good one!
"Nothing is lost, Nothing is created, Everything is transformed" Lavoisier http://wlwilliamsiv.com
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jgasm wrote:
i said "well maybe you should date her"
Excellent... Dang girls/women are so nosy!!! Or, if this Laura is single, it could be a way of finding out where you're standing... :-?
jgasm wrote:
and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate.
And people are losing their sense of humour or may be never had one... :-\ One answer could be: "There is no place for my personal life at work!" This only if you don't want to swim there...as somebody else mentioned... Have a good one!
"Nothing is lost, Nothing is created, Everything is transformed" Lavoisier http://wlwilliamsiv.com
Frankidoze wrote:
Excellent... Dang girls/women are so nosy!!! Or, if this Laura is single, it could be a way of finding out where you're standing... :-?
I believe being asked this question means either Laura is interested in jgasm or the girls at work discussed it and they believe Laura and jgasm would make a good couple.
John
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
Argh! These non-geek people with their "relationships" and "socializing" and "friendships". They should really get a life and spend more time with their computers.
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Argh! These non-geek people with their "relationships" and "socializing" and "friendships". They should really get a life and spend more time with their computers.
best thing i have heard all day. :cool:
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
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I try to keep the statement, "I don't think that's an appropriate topic of conversation for the workplace." handy, but for different reasons. Female co-worker: "Could you take care of a little problem I have?" Me: (see above) Female co-worker: "I have something I want you to look at." Me: (see above) Female co-worker: "How big a hard drive do I need?" Me: (see above) Female co-worker: "I was told to see you about getting more RAM." Me: (see above) etc.
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
jgasm wrote:
i said "well maybe you should date her"
well... if the person had been talking one on one with me I would probably be that candid... I think because of the group setting the question was as inappropriate as the response, which means they break even in the scheme of things since a double negative is a positive. :) So I wouldn't worry too much about it. If someone challenges you over the response explain that it was as equally inappropriate as the question, which means it was no worse than the question. because of the group setting, I would have probably said more to the extent as others did about not dating from work, and maybe remind her of one of the reason that she just clarified: people talk. I might have commented that this person was cute, and made a joke that she could do better than me, and changed the subject. And continue changing the subject until they get the picture. But then that is just me. :) I have seen several times dating at work worked, but most of the time it makes it very difficult on the couple. Once was a secret, of which I ended up finding out about, and then having to carry until it was well known. That was difficult too.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Argh! These non-geek people with their "relationships" and "socializing" and "friendships". They should really get a life and spend more time with their computers.
Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:
They should really get a life and spend more time with their computers.
Quad Core 3.2Ghz, 8Gb of RAM, 2 Tb of disk, and dual nVidia 280's in SLI.... mmmmmmm!!!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
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You work in a male dominated industry yet apparently have an office full of women, some of whom we are led to believe are cute. What's more, they are happy to talk to you. I've got one thing to say. Quit your bitching.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
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You work in a male dominated industry yet apparently have an office full of women, some of whom we are led to believe are cute. What's more, they are happy to talk to you. I've got one thing to say. Quit your bitching.
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
well when you say it like that... :laugh:
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modified on Friday, September 5, 2008 3:01 PM
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:
They should really get a life and spend more time with their computers.
Quad Core 3.2Ghz, 8Gb of RAM, 2 Tb of disk, and dual nVidia 280's in SLI.... mmmmmmm!!!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
El Corazon wrote:
Quad Core 3.2Ghz, 8Gb of RAM, 2 Tb of disk, and dual nVidia 280's in SLI
sounds like glory. 3000 dollars worth of glory.
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El Corazon wrote:
Quad Core 3.2Ghz, 8Gb of RAM, 2 Tb of disk, and dual nVidia 280's in SLI
sounds like glory. 3000 dollars worth of glory.
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
about 1k short. glorious though!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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in front of several people, a medium group setting... one of the administrative assistants approached me and said "can i ask you a question?" being dumb as i am, i said "sure" and she said "are you single?" to which i said "why? i am considering getting a cat" and she replied "i just think Laura is cute. i am just saying" (Laura is my admin assistant) i said "well maybe you should date her" and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate. :|
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
jgasm wrote:
and for some reason people thought my response was innapropriate.
Next time, respond with "she's on the wrong team." That'll leave them guessing at the innuendos of that statement. Marc