rb@ccivax.UUCP (rex ballard) (03/15/86)
In article <1360@ihuxn.UUCP> gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly) writes: >> >Since (in my experience) all the secretaries I have met happened to be >> >women, I think it is hardly sexist to think that the next secretary... >> While Linda is on vacation (a well deserved one), >> the temp typing for me is an undergraduate man. >> He's very good with a word processor. >> Cheryl >Yeah, but does he have nice legs? :-) This brings back memories of the days when I used to work as a "Key Puncher" temp. Most of my co-workers and supervisers were women (and most got paid more than I did :-)) I had been a dancer before that and had a fairly nice "bod" according to them. What a bunch of flirts :-) (I loved it). "Legs"
rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) (03/20/86)
In article <484@ccivax.UUCP> rb@ccivax.UUCP (What's in a name ?) writes: >This brings back memories of the days when I used to work as a "Key Puncher" >temp. Most of my co-workers and supervisers were women (and most got paid >more than I did :-)) I had been a dancer before that and had a fairly nice >"bod" according to them. What a bunch of flirts :-) (I loved it). > "Legs" I was the only guy in my high school to ever take shorthand, and was in a classroom with 40 women. We got along quite well (I loved it, too!), but one day during a slack time for hands to rest an affirmative action discussion was started. The women all chimed in their support until the instructor said quietly, "Have any of you considered that, even if his skills are not as good as yours, Curtis may be hired over you for a summer job this summer because he is a 'minority' in the secretarial field?" The room got strangely quiet.... Actually, I think that affirmative action was wonderful -- there were too many assholes out there who needed to be forced to hire minorities (and women in a lot of fields were definitely minorities); but I applaud its phasing out at this stage of the game. Flame me via *mail* if you don't like that last statement; I promise to summarize (scatter) my ashes on the net after I'm dead! -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd allegra ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd decvax watmath ]!clyde!rcj
robert@weitek.UUCP (Robert Plamondon) (03/21/86)
> I was the only guy in my high school to ever take shorthand, and was in a > classroom with 40 women.[...] Are high school girls being called "women" now? -- Robert Plamondon UUCP: {turtlevax, cae780}!weitek!robert FidoNet: 143/12 robert plamondon "How about a little fire, Scarecrow?"