marcicat | workaday Wednesday

Yesterday I had one of those moments at work when I was asked a question so inane and condescending that I’m sure my face took a journey (damn those years of call center work, for reducing my skill at faking facial expressions!). And I was so torn, because on the one hand, these people clearly think I’m a moron, and yet on the other hand, that does mean my clever plan to get away with working far under my potential* is actually working.

[*I clearly remember a moment in 9th grade when a teacher told me I was working too hard, so I — all trusting and naive — turned in a assignment that I did not work hard on. It was a fine assignment. Lots of other people turned in similar assignments. The teacher graded me lower than everyone else because I wasn’t working “to my potential.” It was, as they say, a learning experience.]

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