Tonight as I sat at Starbucks I couldn't help overhearing the conversation of two people that had obviously just met for the first time.Maybe they met online or something.
Was I eavesdropping?
No, I was trying to zone them out and finish my Saramago book, but the woman portion of them was talking SO LOUD -- it was driving me crazy.
Anyhoo -- so much of the talk revolved around what they "do".
And by "do" I mean -- for a living.
I don't do much dating.
And by "much" I mean…….. any, really.
But if I did, I think this is one of the things I would be least interested in. What the other person did during the work-time hours of the day.
I would be more interested in what they loved to do when they are not working. After all, isn't that what dating is all about?
I would be more likely to ask the person, "What is it that you love to do when you aren't working?"
Isn't that what her and I are going to be doing most of the time, if any of this "works" out?
Not working?
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2 comments:
You are so right Cip! Unfortunately, people tend to use what people do for a living as a way to put them in a box. You're a lawyer? You must be smart and rich You're a manager at McDonald's? Then you must be a big loser. Meanwhile, the lawyer is an alcoholic who abuses animals and the McDonald's manager volunteers every weekend at the children's hospital. We think about work and life all wrong.
I agree completely and I think you should have said as much to her just to show her how loud she was talking, that everyone around was listening in because they didn't have a choice.
That might have gotten her to talk about what's important and maybe even more quietly too.
Double whammy!
C.
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