And I'm a MAN!
Lots of things for the faculty lunch buffet table today. Ice tea, apple cider, the usuals. + one new addition: chocolate milk. I was on line doing that waiting thing, when one of the faculty memebers laughed at the idea of drinking chocolate milk with her lunch. I think the quote was something like "what, do they think we're 5?"
I had no intention to have some with my lunch, but now for whatever inane reason, I felt I had to defend the chocolate milk. I grabbed the largest cup I could find, poored the drink to the rim, and exclaimed "Well y'know what? Chocolate milk's a man's drink, and I'm a man!" This was then followed by me downing said-glass.
Totally on reflex. Totally didn't think this through. This jumping to action made me temporarily forget that I tend to separate my true self from my work self. Other faculty members generally do NOT share the personality traits of the more stereotypic Nerd Avenging genre.
Luckily, another member patted me on the back and declared me a hero for not being age-ist, so I feel I dodged a bullet with someone else breaking what could have been one of those awkward silence moments.
I need to join Terra and train more to reign in the darkness.
I had no intention to have some with my lunch, but now for whatever inane reason, I felt I had to defend the chocolate milk. I grabbed the largest cup I could find, poored the drink to the rim, and exclaimed "Well y'know what? Chocolate milk's a man's drink, and I'm a man!" This was then followed by me downing said-glass.
Totally on reflex. Totally didn't think this through. This jumping to action made me temporarily forget that I tend to separate my true self from my work self. Other faculty members generally do NOT share the personality traits of the more stereotypic Nerd Avenging genre.
Luckily, another member patted me on the back and declared me a hero for not being age-ist, so I feel I dodged a bullet with someone else breaking what could have been one of those awkward silence moments.
I need to join Terra and train more to reign in the darkness.