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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (5076)	2/7/1998 10:38:00 AM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 20981

Well, Holly, if we do not totally agree about Pomona, at least we seemed to have fun sharing stories and enjoying reminiscing about it. Now about sweeping the floors in a society, I think you are misunderstanding what I am trying to say, which is more about the modern function of professional, well-trained secretaries and USING people than it is about simply making coffee. First, if you had recently been an office worker, I think you might notice that the duties have evolved over time. I am not arguing about whether it is okay to make coffee or run personal errands for your employer, but about the one-sided nature of it. As long as there is mutual respect and reciprocity, which can be expressed in many different ways, of course making coffee and even serving it can be great. But I would hope that your employer would be doing thoughtful, personal things for you in return. Reciprocity can be expressed in many ways, incidentally. I had a boss who was quite old and even fell asleep at his desk sometimes. He was a brilliant vascular surgeon, though, and one of the world's most prominent collectors of a particular kind of art, to the extent that his collection was shown at museums. Sometimes he wanted soda from the refrigerator, or lunch from the cafeteria. On the other hand, he liked to talk to me about ideas, called me at home to gossip about political situations in the department of medicine, gave me valuable old books to read, and several rare signed prints that were worth over a thousand dollars each. I always felt that there was respect and reciprocity and genuine affection in the relationship, and so I was happy to do small personal things for him, as he was for me. I think this is far different from a secretary being expected to essentially serve her employer in personal ways when there is no reciprocity. It is basically a USING relationship, and I think this kind of relationship is very typical of Bill Clinton, incidentally. I do not think he would hesitate to use any subordinate he wanted to, to lie in court to protect him, to provide oral sex, or whatever. In fact it is this PATTERN of ALLEGEDLY using people in illegal or immoral ways since Whitewater which ended up allowing Starr such leeway in his investigation. Of course it is important to protect confidentiality, Holly, and any ethical employee would do so UNTIL they are under oath, at which time it is more important not to break the law by committing perjury.