# What Do You Think Of This Work Situation?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-work-situation/460749>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-work-situation/460749 "2008-08-21T01:16:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-work-situation/460749/21 "2008-08-21T15:59:38Z")

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[QUOTE=msmith537]  
I think it’s stupid and petty. There…I’ve said it.  
And I think a lot of women managers become a little too emotionally invested in their workplaces.  
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This.

I think you’ll find the “she likes her better than me” next to the “liar liar pants of fire” complaint form at the Dept of Labor.

The new employee needs a good dose of reality.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-work-situation/460749/22 "2008-08-21T18:03:52Z")

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[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland]

Also, for the record, I agree with **msmith527** - new co-worker’s complaint is stupid and petty and many women managers do get too invested in their workplaces (as do many man managers).  
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It’s different though. Women managers tend to take on a surrogate work daughter (or son sometimes) while men tend to turn their workplace into a high school sports team or fraternity house.  
Thank goodness I work for a manager who appears to detest us all just about equally.

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-work-situation/460749/23 "2008-08-21T18:26:05Z")

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[QUOTE=msmith537]  
MAYBE if she was there for awhile and **was a minority** she MIGHT be able to make a case that your bosses favoritism was prejudicial in nature.  
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It pisses me off that you’re right about the [my] bolded section.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-work-situation/460749/24 "2008-08-22T00:36:23Z")

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**alice\_in\_wonderland** , your post has been entered into the record.

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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-work-situation/460749/25 "2008-08-22T14:46:41Z")

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[QUOTE=msmith537]  
**alice\_in\_wonderland** , your post has been entered into the record.  
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**SHIT**!! I meant off the record _Off the Record!_

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