Women vs. Men???
Parabeagle
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I was literally crying I was laughing so hard when I visited a law firm's website recommended by an attorney friend of mine. I think it would be the ideal place to practice HR, but it's a small firm with only 8 lawyers. Here's the thing: six of the eight lawyers are women and it's a WOB. Wait until you see what they have to say about their "token males." x:-) I should have been righteously indignant and offended, but, as I said, I was laughing too hard. Ritaanz must work here...
"As a matter of fact our firm started out from the beginning with a token male, our resident short, fat guy (the very opposite of beefcake), because our founders needed someone who could make the coffee, carry their briefcases and drive them around. The driving around idea proved to be a little too dangerous; after the second wreck we don't get in the car anymore. And the coffee making was a disaster, too. First, he tried to wiggle out of it by claiming he had to leave the office first thing for a client meeting (totally bogus), then he'd come back about half an hour later, just when we'd brewed the coffee, claiming his meeting got cancelled. It took us about two "cancelled" meetings before we caught on.
"Matter of fact, that's why those Starbucks places are so popular now even though they charge $2 for a cup of coffee. So many men and women trying to wait on the other one to make coffee. People are saying, "I've got a choice, I can make coffee for the whole office or I can go out and pay $2 for a cup of coffee. I think I'll go pay $2 for a cup of coffee."
"Then when he would make the coffee he would sneak things in it so it wouldn't taste right and we wouldn't drink it. First, it was obvious, a little salt. Then he tried to be more discreet. Once we caught him grinding up cardboard along with the coffee beans. That cardboard is really hard to recognize . . . at first. We ended up having to make our own anyway. So if you're planning to hire a token male thinking he will make you coffee or drive you around you may be disappointed. You're better off walking, anyway, and the coffee they make is not worth drinking.
"If you're going to have token males anyway, why not go for a little beefcake?
"The answer to this is an unqualified "yes." The trouble is that in our line of work beefcake is ##### hard to find. Apparently there is some kind of rule that good beefcake is not allowed to go to law school. Must be the admissions office; "no, he's beefcake, reject him. Ah, here's one, total nerd. He's in." The best we can do for beefcake is the UPS guy, but that just makes for a mad rush every morning when he arrives and lots of squeeling "did you bring me a little something today, you cute little thing," etc.
"Are token males good for anything?"
"As a matter of fact our firm started out from the beginning with a token male, our resident short, fat guy (the very opposite of beefcake), because our founders needed someone who could make the coffee, carry their briefcases and drive them around. The driving around idea proved to be a little too dangerous; after the second wreck we don't get in the car anymore. And the coffee making was a disaster, too. First, he tried to wiggle out of it by claiming he had to leave the office first thing for a client meeting (totally bogus), then he'd come back about half an hour later, just when we'd brewed the coffee, claiming his meeting got cancelled. It took us about two "cancelled" meetings before we caught on.
"Matter of fact, that's why those Starbucks places are so popular now even though they charge $2 for a cup of coffee. So many men and women trying to wait on the other one to make coffee. People are saying, "I've got a choice, I can make coffee for the whole office or I can go out and pay $2 for a cup of coffee. I think I'll go pay $2 for a cup of coffee."
"Then when he would make the coffee he would sneak things in it so it wouldn't taste right and we wouldn't drink it. First, it was obvious, a little salt. Then he tried to be more discreet. Once we caught him grinding up cardboard along with the coffee beans. That cardboard is really hard to recognize . . . at first. We ended up having to make our own anyway. So if you're planning to hire a token male thinking he will make you coffee or drive you around you may be disappointed. You're better off walking, anyway, and the coffee they make is not worth drinking.
"If you're going to have token males anyway, why not go for a little beefcake?
"The answer to this is an unqualified "yes." The trouble is that in our line of work beefcake is ##### hard to find. Apparently there is some kind of rule that good beefcake is not allowed to go to law school. Must be the admissions office; "no, he's beefcake, reject him. Ah, here's one, total nerd. He's in." The best we can do for beefcake is the UPS guy, but that just makes for a mad rush every morning when he arrives and lots of squeeling "did you bring me a little something today, you cute little thing," etc.
"Are token males good for anything?"
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Actually, I'm afraid to respond to your post in any detail.
Bubbabeagle: Was that a compliment for my sense of humor? Token males, are they good for anything? Probably not. By the very definition, a token is an object serving as a symbol or evidence of something i.e. the Statue of Liberty.
Token males are great to have around and nice to look at. If you are lucky, one day you might discover one with an innate ability to perform an unusual achievement (find the dishwasher), be creative (make lunch), has all his senses (see colors). On second thought, maybe a replica of Michaelangelo's David would be adequate.
Aren't you glad you asked?