Reply to felt insulted by a colleague at professional event

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "felt insulted by a colleague at professional event "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Pathetic that she needed to mention her PHD and an instant lose for her at the table.  Extra lose if she mentioned her alma mater.  She probably suffered so long and painfully getting that PHD that just the mere mention of the topic caused her hackles to rise and to feel all personal and proprietary about it.

I only have a masters' but if someone started discussing my exact thesis topic at a social event it would definitely get my attention.  (I would make an effort to stay neutral about it though.)

Dissertation topics are often so specialized and researched to death - interesting at first but then so so miserable (like some marriages in a way).  A person can lose all rationality later if the subject is brought up.  Almost like PTSD.  They could lose all their social graces because someone brought up their precious topic that they know inside and out, to the nth degree, and someone else then dared to express a less-researched opinion on it.  Then they have to prove their infinite superiority about the topic, because getting that PHD sucked so bad so they feel on some level that they at least have the right to school others on the topic.

After all that person who casually mentioned their precious topic is to her an interloper, a dilettante.

Her behavior was insufferable though, not excusing that.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics