Unfortunately, while my quirkiness has been tolerated and even occasionally seen as charming in other workplaces, I think they're going to take a little while to get used to it here. Flat stares, tiny smirks, and the eternally annoying question of, 'So, like, do you, like, dress up? In, like, costumes, and stuff?' delivered in the same tone that one might ask a person if they had sex with household appliances were the majority of my experience yesterday when it slipped out in chatting that I do historic reenactment.
Ah, yes. I feel your pain. I have necessarily been explaining to classmates that one of my professional populations of interest is, basically, people who have sex with household appliances. :)
There are people in the world who expect that one of the benefits of adulthood is to be able to share condescention about certain things. They're almost not fussy about which things, though if they've settled down on one set, they get put out if they have to change. Mostly it's that they feel entitled to sneer about something, because they enjoy sneering and feeling superior.
My approach is to be unrepentant and willing to share. Being undefensive and happy to chat about one's hobby tends to throw such people off their stride. It's a form of not playing along with their condescension game. If one doesn't return defensiveness to their condescension, often they are taken aback and wonder if they've misstepped.
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Date: 2005-02-10 08:45 pm (UTC)Ah, yes. I feel your pain. I have necessarily been explaining to classmates that one of my professional populations of interest is, basically, people who have sex with household appliances. :)
There are people in the world who expect that one of the benefits of adulthood is to be able to share condescention about certain things. They're almost not fussy about which things, though if they've settled down on one set, they get put out if they have to change. Mostly it's that they feel entitled to sneer about something, because they enjoy sneering and feeling superior.
My approach is to be unrepentant and willing to share. Being undefensive and happy to chat about one's hobby tends to throw such people off their stride. It's a form of not playing along with their condescension game. If one doesn't return defensiveness to their condescension, often they are taken aback and wonder if they've misstepped.