i see why women have special books for “getting ahead” in the workplace. they need some for daddies too.
There’s a certain way of talking you pick up when you’re into your kids, more than work (i notice i have no “work” category).
I don’t know who the woman was, but in retrospect, she’s probably a manager. She had a pretty skirt on, so i said “oh that’s cute”. She took it kindly enough, but from the holistic “vibe” i got, i had realized i had made a minor faux-pax in the professional world. You *don’t* tell a lady her skirt “is cute”.
unfortunately for me, i use cute a Whole Lot. It happens. I have 3 kids. When something is cute it’s cute.
Oh well lesson learned. Think a sec before you speak, and when at work, think very hard about compliments anyway.
