On A Sidewalk to Nowhere

A Head Full of Doubt and a Road Full of Promise

• • 17
  • Jan 21

  Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

  Perhaps this is because I was raised in the south, where boys and men are obligated to be gentlemen, but I am really perturbed when men are rude and/or inconsiderate to me at work. It makes me uncomfortable when I am hit on, when men say inappropriate things to me, or when the first words out of someone’s mouth is a lengthy diatribe of curse words. On more than one occasion, I have had the desire to say, “do you speak to your mother that way?” 

  I really like my job, and I like dealing with customers. But it makes me incredibly unhappy, and frankly, it makes me feel violated when men view a young woman working at the front desk of a hotel alone as an opportunity to be rude, coarse, barbaric, or disgusting. And then, once I’m over the feeling violated, it makes me angry. 

  I have to be here. I am working so I can pay my bills, and pay for my tuition. I have to talk to you, and yes, I have to be nice. But that does not give anyone, male or female, the right to treat me badly. 

  • #angry
  • #frustration
  • #work
  • #people suck
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