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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was not popular in high school.  I guess you may have considered me one of the outcasts.  But it turns out that I was a late bloomer.

These kids who blossom in middle and high school can fizzle out pretty early in life.  A perfect example was at age 30 I wondered into a diner.  By this time I am gainfully employed in my dream job and recently married to a doctor.  We sat down and who comes over to wait on us but the queen bee in high school, Patti Miller.  Yes, the homecoming queen was serving me my bacon and eggs.  Gotta love it.[/quote]

How classist!

Working in a diner is honest labor. As a teacher in Bethesda, I see too many kids who think that having a white collar job is a sign that you are one of God's Chosen People. Perhaps the woman you dislike so much works in a diner because she is charismatic (a good trait in a waiter) and enjoys having time free of paperwork to engage in hobbies or volunteer. Maybe her parents couldn't afford to send her to college.

Right now, I think you're not much different emotionally than my seventh-grade students. Try some self-work to get past high school social drama and recognize that adult blue collar career choices are not karma for adolescent popularity.[/quote]

I think you grossly underestimate the amount of emotional abuse inflicted by these Queen Bees. They exclude, insult, shun, embarrass those who are not lucky enough to be in THEIR "inner circle"  PP  has not been plotting revenge for a decade or wishing ill will for Patti. She merely enjoyed a momentary smile at the expense of someone who possibly made her life hell for years.
The Anti-bullying Movement needs to focus on Queen Bees and Mean Girls.[/quote]

The problem is that PP assumes working in a diner sucks. She has a narrow world view of what meaningful work is. Is that the result of the emotional damage she experienced in HS? If so, she needs therapy. God forbid one of her grandchildren chooses a career that is personally satisfying but doesn't meet PP's standards.[/quote]

OMG.  Overanalyze much?  Of course there's nothing wrong with working in a diner.  But can't you allow someone who was probably bullied and/or shunned by the Queen Bee types during high school, a momentary feeling of satisfaction upon seeing the queen QB in a position where perhaps she's not as powerful as she once was?  The OP doesn't need therapy.  What she experienced is something any of us would experience.  The satisfaction, however fleeting, of actually witnessing karma come full circle.  You've had that feeling too, so please don't get all self-righteous.[/quote]

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