I was sitting at my desk at work when a co-worker stuck her head in the cracked open door.
"I saw you in the hallway and you looked 16."
???
"You were walking and I just have never seen you that casual before. You looked like you were 16!"
(Still not feeling it.)
"I never see you wearing jeans!"
"I'm wearing (black) Ann Taylor dress pants."
"Well, I don't know! They're nice pants! You just looked so young! It's a compliment!"
(Perhaps 25 would be a compliment. 16 is saying I look like I should be shopping for prom dresses and going to Hanna Montana concerts. I have no idea what to do with '16.' Why should I want to be '16' in my place of business?)
"Okay. Thanks."
were you offended when I spent the entire cocktail party petting your pants at BlogHer? Because it was a compliment! :p
Posted by: flutter | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:56 PM
You look unusually casual in Ann Taylor dress pants? Wow, what do you normally wear for work?
Posted by: anna | Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 03:11 AM
I get 16 all the time. Or twelve. Last week BubTar's classmates asked if I was his big sister. SIIIIIGH. ;)
Posted by: Kyla | Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 08:46 AM
I guess in one way it is a compliment. But, I would definitely not what to be mistaken for a 16 year old these days. Does this lady know what they are wearing as teenagers?
Posted by: AJU5's Mom | Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 02:50 PM
wtf? People are so strange, I swear. The nurse at our pediatrician's office told me yesterday, "Ooooooh, it looks like Mommy needs some sleep, too." Really? What mother do you know is not tired, especially during fricking Halloween week and her three kids have been passing the same germs back and forth for four weeks now? I might have kicked her if my kids weren't there. (Not really.)
Posted by: amy @teachmama | Friday, October 30, 2009 at 02:25 PM
flutter: Not offended at all. People have that reaction to those pants!
anna: Not out of ordinary for me. Which is why I didn't get it. Although I often wear skirts...
kyla: You will be loving this phenomenon 10 years from now!
aju5: I doubt it. I personally thought she was smoking crack.
amy: I can't believe she said that! I would NEVER say that to someone. What are you supposed to say? Ugh.
Posted by: KC | Friday, October 30, 2009 at 08:18 PM
Ann Taylor dress pants are good to wear to look more young.The conversation is fun to read.
Posted by: ipod zubehör | Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 02:46 AM
Maybe what she meant to say was, "You so sexy! Not fat!"
Posted by: Audrey | Sunday, November 01, 2009 at 07:44 AM
ipod-Okay, thanks.
Audrey-You may be right. I heard "16" is the new "not fat."
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Posted by: grüner tee | Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 07:52 AM
I'm getting ready to register for any one of about 15 HR Conferences in the next 3 months, and I've yet to find an agenda where they don't have someone from Zappos speaking about how great it is to work at Zappos. Now, I don't want to be a hater, but can't someone get back to the Poop Deck and do some work around there? In case any of the Deckhands forgot to read anything in HR literature over the past 25 years or so, I'm pretty sure HR got its reputation of not adding value, because it was probably attending conferences talking about how it was adding value. So, get the Skipper, Ginger and MaryAnn - get back to work.
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