Short vignette about the work situation
I had to go to a very important meeting with two staff people of very important people from our "home" office.
I took Marjorie with me because she knew what they wanted to know, I trust her to say and do the right thing at the right time, and she knew the two women we were meeting with, both professionally and personally. I had never met either woman prior.
So we sit down at the conference table, I introduce myself, etc., and one of them says to me, "You look like you've been getting some sun."
It took me a little by surprise because I hadn't been getting any sun at all--it was December in the Northern Hemisphere, after all--and was trying to figure out a sensible response other than, 'Huh?' when Marjorie glanced my way and said, "Nooo...he always looks--"
"That's just his normal coloring?" the one asked.
"Yeah--that's just his normal look," Marjorie agreed.
Sometimes people know me in ways, or make observations about me, that take me by surprise.
I had to go to a very important meeting with two staff people of very important people from our "home" office.
I took Marjorie with me because she knew what they wanted to know, I trust her to say and do the right thing at the right time, and she knew the two women we were meeting with, both professionally and personally. I had never met either woman prior.
So we sit down at the conference table, I introduce myself, etc., and one of them says to me, "You look like you've been getting some sun."
It took me a little by surprise because I hadn't been getting any sun at all--it was December in the Northern Hemisphere, after all--and was trying to figure out a sensible response other than, 'Huh?' when Marjorie glanced my way and said, "Nooo...he always looks--"
"That's just his normal coloring?" the one asked.
"Yeah--that's just his normal look," Marjorie agreed.
Sometimes people know me in ways, or make observations about me, that take me by surprise.