Comments on: How now, Mad Cow?

By: Deus Ex

Deus Ex — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:25:01 +0000

The phrase cow being commonly used to describe 95 lb women

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:49:44 +0000

I used to work in a hospital and they actually had a dress code rule that stated you couldn’t wear “loud, noisey shoes” so you didn’t disturb the patients. That said, if the note receiver worked in a hospital like that, they may have the same rules and HR would not only side with the LW, but “warn” the “thundering cow” to get new shoes. BTW, I quit working at the hospital after 6 months of working there. Couldn’t take their BS.

By: M

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:05:00 +0000

The way I – and a lot of women for that matter – are proportioned it can be very hard to find pants that fit well, so when I do find a pair I get several pairs of that cut. So I don’t understand how/why management would assume that she only had the one pair of pants (unless she made that public knowledge, which would be inappropriate) rather than several pairs of similar looking pants in a basic color.

Note to people who are suggesting a person in the original situation should change their walk: maybe s/he can’t. There could be some kind of disability, foot problem, hip problem, back problem, etc.
I understand that in this particular instance that wasn’t the case, but in general that could have been an HR issue.

By: Noelegy

Noelegy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:11:16 +0000

People who don’t really understand grammar like to use “whom” when they should use “who” so that they’ll sound…I don’t know, smarter.

The same people will say “please see Jane or I if you have a question” when it should be “…Jane or me.”

Managers are particularly egregious offenders with regard to both of these grammatical errors.

By: Noelegy

Noelegy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:09:14 +0000

Let’s leave the Chik-Fil-A cows out of it, shall we? They mean well.

By: Noelegy

Noelegy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:08:32 +0000

“Who cares? This is something MOST people would be able to ignore … unless you’re a petty harpy.”

Trust me: Medical billing is FILLED with petty harpies.

By: George Hale

George Hale — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:12:33 +0000

Submitter’s archaic use of ‘to whomever’ suggests that she probably wound the complainer up by picking holes in their spoken style, and they fought back the only way they knew how

By: RandyinReno

RandyinReno — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:20:05 +0000

You haven’t seen the shoes that Sandra is wearing?

By: bookworm

bookworm — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:26:30 +0000

You’ve never been to Seattle, where the men walk around in heels for fun. And no, they’re STILL not told to alter their gait to please others.

By: jill

jill — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:10:37 +0000

Oh my God, healthcare settings are the worst. All of my experience in dental offices have really convinced me that dentists are all just a-holes. I’ve never been pulled aside like this, but I have been instructed by my boss (the dentist’s husband, who was a perfectly healthy 34 year old man) to go downstairs and pick up three folding tables and a buttload of chairs out of the back of his truck. I am a girl, btw, and that was definitely not my job, but he was just trying to punk me out because he knew I didn’t like him. It still makes me angry to think about it.

By: zomboid

zomboid — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:08:52 +0000

“I guarantee that men are rarely or more likely never told that they should alter the sound of their gait to please others. Jesus.”

could be because they rarely or more likely never wear heels to work…

By: SarahG

SarahG — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:30:41 +0000

I breathe loud as well. I’ve had a few people complain about it… not like I can fix it. I have asthma and an unusually large lung capacity. I like breathing more than the people that complain.

By: DarkSock

DarkSock — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:26:52 +0000

Thundering Cow = My New Band Name

By: lala

lala — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:54:52 +0000

Synnove – Danskos are ugly but nothing makes my feet happier when I have a bad night and am on then for 12+ hours straight!