Loubon
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2003
Okay, real quickly, here is the "tutoring" story (since someone who has stalked their way into my tags obviously shared it with HG). BTW frickin (NOF) hiliarious tag I might add.
I am the type of person who thinks the act of being "tutored" (for anyone who doesn't get it read HG's link) to be somewhat private. Call me old fashioned I just don't think it is something you discuss with near total strangers. I'm not even sure it is something that you discuss with lifelong friends. But I digress.
In my life I have developed into somewhat of a "tutoring" magnet. People feel compelled to share their stories with me. Not close friends people. People on the outer fringe of my life. With extremely great detail. I'm not talking two or three people. I'm talking dozens of people. I think I'm on the "tutoring" pamphlet somewhere as a post op step "be sure to call Lou and tell him". It is not even the particular procedure that I have issue with it is the TMI aspect of it. I don't really want to know of anything you're having snipped, tucked, pulled or raised/lowered.
Some examples: sitting in a study group back in college a guy I know for all of 10 minutes starts off "back when I was "tutored"......
, by the copy machine at work "well you know I can't have any more kids because I've been tutored....", 
from employees who work for me, "Them: Can I have Friday off? Me: Sure you have the days coming to you. Them: I need it because I'm going to get "tutored".... 
. Or how about the time I am on the phone with one of my fellow executives who was working from home who had to put me on hold "to change the ice in his lap"? And the list goes on and on. And just as nonchalantly as that. I could see if the discussion was about that and several people raised their hands. No, I'm talking you can be talking about ice cream, sports or even Disney and BAM!...there it is. Dozens (maybe even hundreds by now). And it has even come up several times here on the boards (LY/MI to all of you who shared that). 
So in closing let me just say, no I haven't and I really don't need to know about anyone else who has. Not even on my birthday. Or especially on my birthday. Or the day after as it may be. Or ever. Or never.
I am the type of person who thinks the act of being "tutored" (for anyone who doesn't get it read HG's link) to be somewhat private. Call me old fashioned I just don't think it is something you discuss with near total strangers. I'm not even sure it is something that you discuss with lifelong friends. But I digress.
In my life I have developed into somewhat of a "tutoring" magnet. People feel compelled to share their stories with me. Not close friends people. People on the outer fringe of my life. With extremely great detail. I'm not talking two or three people. I'm talking dozens of people. I think I'm on the "tutoring" pamphlet somewhere as a post op step "be sure to call Lou and tell him". It is not even the particular procedure that I have issue with it is the TMI aspect of it. I don't really want to know of anything you're having snipped, tucked, pulled or raised/lowered.
Some examples: sitting in a study group back in college a guy I know for all of 10 minutes starts off "back when I was "tutored"......
, by the copy machine at work "well you know I can't have any more kids because I've been tutored....", from employees who work for me, "Them: Can I have Friday off? Me: Sure you have the days coming to you. Them: I need it because I'm going to get "tutored".... . Or how about the time I am on the phone with one of my fellow executives who was working from home who had to put me on hold "to change the ice in his lap"? And the list goes on and on. And just as nonchalantly as that. I could see if the discussion was about that and several people raised their hands. No, I'm talking you can be talking about ice cream, sports or even Disney and BAM!...there it is. Dozens (maybe even hundreds by now). And it has even come up several times here on the boards (LY/MI to all of you who shared that). So in closing let me just say, no I haven't and I really don't need to know about anyone else who has. Not even on my birthday. Or especially on my birthday. Or the day after as it may be. Or ever. Or never.
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