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Someone asked me the other day, as he looked at a pair of boots that I was wearing, “don’t you have any normal boots?”<\/p>\nSomeone asked me the other day, as he looked at a pair of boots that I was wearing, “don’t you have any normal boots?”<\/p>\n
Hmmm… what did he mean by that? <\/p>\n
Rather than get upset or angry, or say something that I might regret later (especially since this guy works where I work and I see him regularly), I thought for a moment and said,
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\n“yep.”<\/p>\n
Then I waited. I wanted to see what he might say. Instead, however, he asked another question about something work-related. The topic of boots got dropped, and I let it go.<\/p>\n
This situation goes to show many things:<\/p>\n
Overall, wearing boots to work is usually “no big deal.” Few people notice, and those who do seldom say anything. If they say something, they usually pay a compliment. In the very rare case where someone says something like I described in this post, I recommend stepping back and thinking about the surroundings and context. In my situation, this colleague was trying to be funny and said what he said to open a conversation (“small talk,”) but did not realize what he was saying or that his comment could have been interpreted differently than how he meant it — as a conversational joke, not a comment about me, personally, or my boots.<\/p>\n
Life is short: pull on your boots, stand tall, smile, and walk confidently. If someone asks if you have “normal boots,” say, “yep.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Someone asked me the other day, as he looked at a pair of boots that I was wearing, “don’t you have any normal boots?” Hmmm… what did he mean by that? Rather than get upset or angry, or say something … Continue reading