chaulk up one time my gut steered me the wrong way

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I want to share this. However, I won't be blogging about it because of some

work related circumstances.

A few weeks ago I overheard an interview for a potential employee. The

interviewer was talking with the person and comments came about their

appearance, i.e. " you look for professional today. " Call me overly

sensitive, but when I looked at the person being interviewed I thought to

myself, " Yeah right, you aren't so worried about their professional

appearance as you are about their weight. " I could just tell this was what

the interviewer was probably indirectly referring to in these comments.

Because I have been discriminated against in my professional career about my

weight; and yes someone even made a comment about a picture of me on

facebook that I took as a dig about my weight; I know I am overly sensitive

about this topic. I never expected this person to get hired for this

position, my gut was telling emit just wasn't going to happen because of

this person's weight.

Well, I am pleased to say that my gut steered me wrong on this incident.

The person was hired. Although this person seems extremely qualified, I am

extrememly pleased that my predisposed impression was wrong about the person

doing the interview. It is nice to see that this person was hired for their

qualifications and not turned away because of their weight.

Just thought I would share.

Carol

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" It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. "

Herman Melville

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