Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Excuse me, Mr. Man.

I refuse to believe your job is supposed to be something people don't enjoy. Maybe people would stop killing each other if their everyday was filled with something positive rather than the surrounding of a hated job.

I refuse to let men in my workplace talk down to me and make me feel inferior, no matter how hard they try.  So often I see the women I work with scurry around like little rats, doing unreasonable tasks asked of them by men who treat them like the scared little rodents they look to be; only to laugh about them behind their backs.

The Regional Vice President of my company had the audacity to tell me my degree meant nothing to him. My response? "I pity you and the negatively bad person this corporate world has turned you into." I could have, maybe should have, gotten fired, but way too many woman before me have fought for my words and I will not stand down to a man in a K-Mart tie.

And this is why the corporate world is suffocating all the positivity out of me; but I refuse to let it. I may not have the luxury of my dream job at the moment, but I refuse to make Susan B. Anthony roll over in her grave by not sticking up for myself.

So---to all my ladies (and some men, perhaps), stop scurrying around, making less money than your worth and start to believe that your job is supposed to be something you enjoy. Working towards positivity & productivity, no matter what you do.

My dreams are far fetched to some, but my reach is endless. The only reason I didn't walk out when Mr. Man insulted me is because all he has done was fuel my fire of dreams.