Saturday, December 17, 2016
Life Summary
-So passive! You hadda be in there doing some of the shaking!
--When others did, I felt embarrassed for them.
-Empathy? Unwanted!
-Perhaps so. And when some pressing horror made ME do it…really, blow my own horn...well I can still feel the humiliation.
-You’re too pure for this life!
-Not much longer. String shortens.
-And what did your lovely attitude buy you?
-Someone will say “I’ll never forget whatsisname!”
Labels: attitude, blowing your own horn, purity, sensitivity
Thursday, December 17, 2015
City School
-Hey, let me buy you a Coke!
-No thank you.
-The machine’s here and I got the dollar.
Just...feed it in here. Your religion says okay, no?
-It’s okay, but...why?
-Because you’re too hurt to say the word hurt.
Labels: assimilation, black, Coke, friendship, hatred, Muslim, religious prejudice, sensitivity, The Other, urban, victim
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
The Limits of Sensitivity
Representative Rant
“Never again hire me another of these thoughtful and sensitive
individuals!
You’re in a meeting with the client and he’s spoiling for
a fight! Then these people pause more than talk when they’re
talking, getting him more and more pissed off!
Give me spouters! And I don’t give a shit what they say.
What if it’s nonsense? I can straighten that out with
The Enchilada later. At least he doesn’t get the chance to
drive his forklift into SENSITIVITY! Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle!
It’s business! Not touchy-feely at freakin Amherst!”
Labels: business, client, Negotiation, sensitivity, thoughtful
