Showing posts with label Elitism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elitism. Show all posts

Monday, May 31, 2010

Age before beauty

Several of my new friends at Boeing are a bit younger than me. To be perfectly honest, the majority of them are summer interns and barely 21. Whereas I am turning the corner to 27 this upcoming July. Apparently I don't look my age, because I've gotten a lot of questions from people asking me one of the following three questions:
  1. Am I still in college?
  2. Is this my first job?
  3. Have I hit puberty yet?
Of course, the answer to all of these questions is a resounding "NO!"

So this past weekend, I was hanging out with Sean and Sammy when we got word of a house party in downtown Seattle. Feeling that the night was young, we sprang into action and drove over there. Once inside, it became apparent that I was the oldest person in the room.

A really drunk, petite asian girl (let's assign her a fake Americanized name like "Susan") stumbled up to me.

Susan: Wait. Who are you?
Me: I'm Connor.
Susan: Are you an intern?
Me: No, I was recently hired as a full-time employee.
Susan: Seriously? How old are you? You're lying to me.
Me: I thought your kind was known for respecting their elders?

I'm so good at saying the right thing.