another story with an old man
i was walking in a fairly deserted hallway on monday afternoon. it was wide and an absolute echo chamber. thus, my power heels were making a fair amount of clicking which was reverberating into infinity. there was a tiny old man in front of me, who was walking much more slowly than i. i kept walking and passed him (granted, i passed him on the right, but this ain't the highway). as i walked passed him, he said:
"lady, you walk like a soldier."
"lady, you walk like a soldier."
posted by heatherfeather at
1:14 PM
3 Comments:
hah. the elders among us are always good for such poignant little observations like that.
one of my friends has a different name for shoes like that. she applies the name for heels or boots. before i tell you what she calls them, i have a story.
while researching cases for a paper last semester, i stumbled upon a workplace harassment suit. the plaintiff was a woman. the defendants were also women. usually, it's a woman suing a man. this time, one of the female employees was subjected to all kinds of rude comments from her female co-workers, one of which made fun of her "fuck-me pumps."
the best part was that the judge put that in the published opinion itself. "fuck-me pumps" is a searchable term among court decisions.
By
particleman, at 11:14 PM, August 31, 2005
[blush]
By
heatherfeather, at 11:25 AM, September 01, 2005
I love this story! Did it make you feel more empowered?
By
English Professor, at 10:15 AM, September 08, 2005
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