There were a few requests in the “no” threads this week to write about saying no at work. I want to write about saying “no” to sexual/romantic interest from people you work with (and who you will have to interact…
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Reader question #31: Today on Entitled Asshole Theater: Professor Crybaby
Dear Captain Awkward, I am a Theater Geek. I recently got a short term, temporary job teaching Theater to budding Theater Geeks at a university. My contract is for one semester; I’ll be done here in May. It’s the tradition…
Reader question #30: New town, old blues, and the case for therapy.
Dear Capt. Awkward, I feel like I’m an inveterate fuck-up. Everything I touch eventually falls apart, and I make decisions rashly and avoid the fallout by never peering too closely at myself. My most recent debacle started when a guy…
Tagged with: feeling unmoored, mental health, moving to a new city, therapy
Posted in Mental Health, Reader Questions
Posted in Mental Health, Reader Questions
Reader question #29: You smell.
Dear Captain Awkward: I have a part-time job that is, at its core, a retail job. The gist of it is that our paying customers come in once a week and sit and talk with each other. One of our customers…
Tagged with: Advice, awkward customer service, body odor, telling someone they smell
Posted in Reader Questions, Work
Posted in Reader Questions, Work
Reader Question #28: New relationship angst!
Dear Captain, I am in what seems to be the early stages of a relationship – four dates in – and I need some advice in how to proceed. The woman I am dating is a very lovely person (I…
Reader Question #27: The intern is pregnant and doesn’t want to tell the bosses, which would be cool, except we work with toxic stuff in a chemical research lab.
Normally about this time I’d be posting links to the Shameless Self Promotion Sunday thread, but it looks like that won’t be necessary this week. Welcome Feministe and Manboobz readers! I am enjoying your fine and well-spelled comments. I would…
Tagged with: ethics, hairy legal questions, hudson unversity, pregnancy, secrets, workplace hazards, workplace safety
Posted in Work
Posted in Work
The art of “no,” continued: Saying no when you’ve already said yes.
A reader responded to yesterday’s post with this story: …I was sitting around at 3am reading blogs when some guy knocked on my window, since mine was the only light on in the street–he’d locked his keys in his car,…
Tagged with: bad internet dating, forced teaming, gavin de becker, manipulation, personal safety, silence of the lambs, sketchy people, the gift of fear, violence
Posted in bad internet dating, Personal Safety
Posted in bad internet dating, Personal Safety
Reader Question #26: How do I bounce back after being fired?
Oh Captain, My Captain, How do you handle being fired and the aftermath of said sacking? I’m not talking about a blameless “strategic redirection” layoff, where the grounds were purely organizational and budgetary, but a full-blown, “We know you did…
Tagged with: Advice, advice columns, getting fired, how to bounce back after being fired, Work, work advice
Posted in Reader Questions, Work
Posted in Reader Questions, Work
Gone to Brainerd
My film, The Wardrobe, is showing this Saturday at Egofest. If you’re in the Brainerd, MN area, stop by! While I’m gone, may I recommend the works of Captain Awkward favorites SexyTypewriter and I Hate The New York Times. From…
Tagged with: bad advice, brainerd, egofest, film festivals, I hate the New York Times, Paul Bunyanland, road trip, Sexy Typewriter
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Posted in Uncategorized
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