Client-organized celebratory dinner for my recent career advancement next week.
Being the center of attention.
On a related note, I find myself unable to construct a sufficient personality test relating to my new title. To explain what I mean, there are certain topics people rotely discuss because no one actually gives a shit about anyone else but people are too chickenshit to just say as much. Schooling is one such topic, well at least above certain socio-economic strata. Having an usual major and an aversion to being noticed, I answer the question "So what did you study?" with a broad category. People respond to this in a couple of ways.
- "Oh that's interesting." (i.e. I don't really give a shit, but please listen to me drone on about my venial existence now.)
- "Which [category]?"
2. then breaks down into:
- "I actually want to know which category." (Which breaks down further but we're already delving too deep into my madness.)
- "I find your evasive answer suspicious and wish to probe further." (Sure thing, Officer Dad.
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Unfortunately the broad category for my new title is as opaque as the title itself, so I can't really replicate this unilateral personality test as simply as I do for education. I tried it out at the bar on Sunday night and I just got a
from the gal I was talking too.
I will persevere in this endeavor though, pretty much everyone is going to ask you what you do for a living.
