Funny business 27: Random shit test

“I have a boyfriend”

I always wondered if woman say that to all guys they first meet or if it is done because I have somehow, through my ignorance of social norm, mistakenly expressed what is regarded as romantic interest. The former would depress me to no end on the reality of the opposite sex while the latter at least give me some hope of understanding when I crossed some invisible line.

After realizing that comments like these are usually the result of an inflated ego, I have recently started retorting to comments like these in an effort to put their egos down in a coffin. Yes, it took me some 29 years to figure this out, but I can’t help the fact that I was brought up in a completely different culture, where the game of chase wasn’t too well studied and understood by the female population until the democratic revolution.

It is extremely puzzling to hear something so out of context like this, during a business discussion where I am trying to get something done. The same kind of WTF thoughts crosses my mind when I read articles where female employee sues their supervisor for patting their back on a job well done.

How can you take business and somewhow contort it enough in your mind to believe that I am actually hitting on you? Am I being too nice? Am I smiling and complimenting too often? Those are the only thing I can think of after studying various books on the subject matters. The “nice guys finishes last” complex… except I am not going after you.

For me, being nice is a formula. Just like pretty much everything else in my life. If you are not rich or powerful, be nice to suck up to the rich and powerful. If you ARE rich and powerful, you can afford to be NOT nice to save the precious time that’s left in your life.