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TheShadow · 03-24-2005, 06:05 PM

From what I've seen, better looking people are often treated differently but, converse to what this woman is claiming, they tend to get a better overall treatment. By this, I mean, people are more polite towards them, they're the ones who get the jobs with fewer qualifications and on top of that, the better paying jobs. Sure, ideally we'd like image to have no effect on how a person is perceived, but that's not going to happen.

With that said, a few comments need to be made about this case. I feel this woman is using any excuse not to blame herself for failing to receieve a promotion. It's so easy to for her to shift the blame to something else, and consider herself to be god's gift to humankind.

To be blunt, she's not the pretty girl that she believes herself to be. Also, with her being a Harvard Librarian, I don't see ANY place whatsoever for articles promoting nail salons. If she wants to be writing articles like that, she should switch to the world of fashion. This is probably, in part, where the people who did not choose to promote this woman, were coming from. To earn a promotion, in my opinion, one needs to be qualified, a hard worker and, most important, show that he or she is dedicated to the job. Someone writing completely irrelevant articles in a guide for Harvard Staff about fashion and focusing on her own fashion [it appears] is obviously not passionate about her career.

Finally, I'm really hoping she doesn't pull the gender or race card, but being the states, I'm sure this is happening as we speak. This has nothing to do with either, and the lack of promotion should tell her that she's not cut out for the career, and needs to go write in some teen fashion magazine about salons [and realize she's completely average looking!].

03-24-2005, 06:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheShadow Crazy Location: Vancouver, Canada	From what I've seen, better looking people are often treated differently but, converse to what this woman is claiming, they tend to get a better overall treatment. By this, I mean, people are more polite towards them, they're the ones who get the jobs with fewer qualifications and on top of that, the better paying jobs. Sure, ideally we'd like image to have no effect on how a person is perceived, but that's not going to happen. With that said, a few comments need to be made about this case. I feel this woman is using any excuse not to blame herself for failing to receieve a promotion. It's so easy to for her to shift the blame to something else, and consider herself to be god's gift to humankind. To be blunt, she's not the pretty girl that she believes herself to be. Also, with her being a Harvard Librarian, I don't see ANY place whatsoever for articles promoting nail salons. If she wants to be writing articles like that, she should switch to the world of fashion. This is probably, in part, where the people who did not choose to promote this woman, were coming from. To earn a promotion, in my opinion, one needs to be qualified, a hard worker and, most important, show that he or she is dedicated to the job. Someone writing completely irrelevant articles in a guide for Harvard Staff about fashion and focusing on her own fashion [it appears] is obviously not passionate about her career. Finally, I'm really hoping she doesn't pull the gender or race card, but being the states, I'm sure this is happening as we speak. This has nothing to do with either, and the lack of promotion should tell her that she's not cut out for the career, and needs to go write in some teen fashion magazine about salons [and realize she's completely average looking!]. __________________ You know that song that goes like... Last edited by TheShadow; 03-25-2005 at 10:43 PM..