Precision of Language

[rolanni]

Women under 30 may be referred to as "snippy" by Persons Seeking to Establish Moral Authority Over Them in the Workplace.

Women over 30 in similar situations may be trivialized as "angry."

In deference to their grey hairs and years on this planet, women who are 50 years old and over ought to be accorded the adjective "bitchy."

Also? Come into my office in high dudgeon, lie to me, talk to me like I'm a particularly slow six-year-old, and start taking binders off of the shelves? You bet I'm going to be bitchy.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I used to be a secretary at a very large urban medical school in LA in the student admissions office. I remember one particularly obnoxious New York boy (sorry New Yorkers) who gave me such a hard time. When I reminded him of the power of secretaries I got flowers the next day. No one, but no one, should underestimate the smarts and power of the front office. For gawds sake!