Higher Skill Set Needed
Remember Pretty Woman, where Julia Roberts plays a hooker (Vivian) with a heart of gold and Richard Gere (Edward Lewis) is the guy who pays for her services for a week? This is a portion of their pillow talk:
Vivian: People put you down enough, you start to believe it.
Edward: I think you are a very bright, very special woman.
Vivian: The bad stuff is easier to believe. You ever notice that?
As if looking for gainful employment wasn’t painful enough, I received a phone call last night telling me I was no longer needed at the house with servants’ quarters because they were looking for someone with “a higher skill set.” I know that’s code for: she doesn’t fit in OR we don’t like her. If that had been said, I’d be just fine. But a higher skill set? For what? I kept asking for things to do and all I got was, “Answer the phones.” Granted, I accidentally hung up on people when I tried to transfer them but I hardly think that’s cause to make me ride the short bus.
10 comments May 14, 2008
