STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Suasoria · Chanel

Inappropriate question?

dangergirl · Kate Spade

pollyjean23 wrote:

Yup. If people aren't asking you about your lack of beef, people have to make smart little comments about how skinny you are. Just today I heard, Oh! Of course she's cold! She's such a tiny little thing! What do you expect?

argh i get this one All. The. Time.

sydney · Kate Spade

What I hate is when friends think that their weight or whatever is sacred, but they feel free to liberally discuss YOUR size like it's no big deal "oh, you are about the same size as her, you must be a size 29 jean" - RUDE too. Or even bra size, too. I don't like discussing those things - none of anyone else's business.

tina242 · Kate Spade

Yes I constantly get comments too...
"You're so skinny! I don't know how you will be when you're pregnant! You'll just be a beanpole with a belly!"
And I always get "Of course you're cold, you don't weigh anything!"
And my personal favorite: "Do you eat?" (me: yes) "You don't eat and then get rid of it do you?"

What if I said, "You're so fat! Do you ever stop eating?" I would NEVER say that, but I would be seen as the rudest, meanest person - and what they say is pretty much the equivalent!

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Okay. This reminds me of a story. It will make you cringe worse than if you watched 5 episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm in a row.

My boss does not think before she speaks...ever. Her voice is loud too. I heard this story from one of the witnesses..

Our employer was offering Weight Watchers meetings as part of professional development/wellness. My boss (who is average-to-slender for her age), a 30-year-old co-worker of mine, and a 50-year-old secretary all decided to go to a Weight Watchers meeting on the 4th floor. None of them would be called fat.

They arrive at the elevator that will bring them to the 4th floor for the meeting. The doors slide open, revealing a woman who also works at the college. This woman is clearly overweight.

You know how cats and dogs can sense a bad storm approaching? This is how my co-worker felt just before our boss said the following aloud to the woman in the elevator--in front of people.

...Ooooooohhhhhh...I betcha I know where you're going! The woman looked confused at first. Someone in the elevator clarified that she was talking about Weight Watchers. The woman didn't even know it was going on! Apparently, she becme hurt and down. She replied, "well, I guess I could stand to lose a few pounds..."

My co-workers just wanted to slide to the floor and drip through the cracks in the elevator floor.

dangergirl · Kate Spade

pollyjean23 wrote:
...Ooooooohhhhhh...I betcha I know where you're going! The woman looked confused at first. Someone in the elevator clarified that she was talking about Weight Watchers. The woman didn't even know it was going on! Apparently, she becme hurt and down. She replied, "well, I guess I could stand to lose a few pounds..."

omg poor woman! why on earth did your boss say that?! weirdface