Co-worker sits "criss-cross applesauce" in meetings

[Anonymous]

Criss cross applesauce vs cross legged vs indian style

Hahaha

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gah I sit like this often but normally just at my own desk. I try not to do it in meetings. I'm just very flexible. I'm short and my feet dangle which is uncomfortable too. It feels even more unprofessional to make my chair low enough that my feet hit the floor. That would mean I'm sitting much lower than everyone else. I also have cold feet so I like sitting on them.

I sit on my feet or criss cross applesauce so much that when I'm anxious it's a comfortable position and I need to sit like that. I have trouble driving for more than 5 hours because I hate sitting with my feet on the floor driving. I'm currently sitting on my couch nursing with my feet up.

Another short fidgety person. I also sit like this. And am super grateful that I get to work at home.I am currently barefoot with my feet up on the coffee table and a cat sitting next to me. But plenty of times I sit with my legs crossed. (Do people not call this "indian style" anymore?)

As for OP: I can tell you that I would be mortified if you reported me for sitting in a way you didn't approve of. I mean come *on*. Worry about your own work, ok?

Pp here. I do say Indian style but I bet it's not PC. Wish there was a better name. I hate sitting with my legs crossed at the knees

In my language, we still call it "Indian style".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, if you are a female and you are nitpicking another female about this, shame on you.

Of course OP is a woman. Who else is going to police what other women do at work?

[Anonymous]

I can't believe there are so many pages about this.

A woman is sitting in a way that's comfortable for her and not flashing anyone. And the field is education so it's not a "business meeting" the way some people are implying. It's a bunch of adults sitting around trying to figure out how to teach kids. And the woman is apparently doing her job reasonably well or OP would have complained about that too.

And OP, if you want to be taken seriously as a professional in the real world, don't say "criss cross applesauce" to people outside a kindergarten room. It sounds ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe there are so many pages about this.

A woman is sitting in a way that's comfortable for her and not flashing anyone. And the field is education so it's not a "business meeting" the way some people are implying. It's a bunch of adults sitting around trying to figure out how to teach kids. And the woman is apparently doing her job reasonably well or OP would have complained about that too.

And OP, if you want to be taken seriously as a professional in the real world, don't say "criss cross applesauce" to people outside a kindergarten room. It sounds ridiculous.

+1

[Anonymous]

Is she short-like 5 feet or so? She may not want her feet to dangle. As long as you can’t see her underwear let it go. Good gravy!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op, if you are a female and you are nitpicking another female about this, shame on you.

Of course OP is a woman. Who else is going to police what other women do at work?

Oh, I was envisioning a large man using the term "criss cross applesauce"

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'0", and may tuck a leg under me at my own desk where no one can see, but I would NEVER do this in front of people. She does look ridiculous, and higher ups will notice. In fact it was one of the "rules" in a career book I read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is she short-like 5 feet or so? She may not want her feet to dangle. As long as you can’t see her underwear let it go. Good gravy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is a good point. How about just asking her nicely---

"I noticed you sit like that a lot. Do you have back or hip issues that make you need to sit that way?"

Several PP have stated reasons that they do this ---maybe she has one. If not and she says, "No, I just really liked kindergarten" then you have an opening to observe that absent a physical reason, other people might find it a little unprofessional.

Don't do that. It's none of your f*cking business why she's sitting like that, and she doesn't need to justify it to her co-worker.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In the workplace, I always like to ask myself: WHAT WOULD A MAN SAY OR DO?

And then I have my answer.

Yes, what would a man do here?

He wouldn't notice how this woman was sitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the workplace, I always like to ask myself: WHAT WOULD A MAN SAY OR DO?

And then I have my answer.

Yes, what would a man do here?

He won't be sitting indian style at the conference mtgs, that's what!

Right - he'd be sitting with his knees all the way spread out so that everyone else has to shrink into themselves so as not to touch him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op, if you are a female and you are nitpicking another female about this, shame on you.

Of course OP is a woman. Who else is going to police what other women do at work?

+1 women can be the worst enemy of other women. Get a life OP. --Signed, a woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op, if you are a female and you are nitpicking another female about this, shame on you.

Of course OP is a woman. Who else is going to police what other women do at work?

No no. It is a MAN in the conference room sitting criss-cross applesauce every Monday morning meeting. It's so distracting and confusing. I think he does it to throw OP off. But oh, so flexible and the trouser fabric as well!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the workplace, I always like to ask myself: WHAT WOULD A MAN SAY OR DO?

And then I have my answer.

Yes, what would a man do here?

He won't be sitting indian style at the conference mtgs, that's what!

Right - he'd be sitting with his knees all the way spread out so that everyone else has to shrink into themselves so as not to touch him.

airing out. it's good for everyone. especially those shorter fidgety types that keep posting here.