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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Also, don't explain yourself until someone asks. Walking in saying "Sorry, I'm late because...." Is like saying, "My canned excuse is as follows..." Wait for the asshole to ask you, then say "personal issue, won't happen again" politely and click your pen or adjust your glasses to give body language that says "I'm not discussing it and lets move on to the business at hand."
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Exactly. Akin to the shoulder-shrug and turning away. Very good.
And (not to dredge up an old conversation, but...) as a rule, men can get away with showing up late more easily than women. I think people assume women were doing something frivolous, while a man must have had a good excuse. Ahhh, the double standard...
Kind of like: a woman with pictures of her family on her desk puts her family before work, while a man with pictures of his family on his desk is a "solid, family man". [This is an actual bit of "evidence" from a survey on this subject -- I didn't make this up.]
