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[bubosquared]

[Poll #736498]

(Yes, I know I'm possibly readigng things into this that aren't there, but it grates. I guess that just proves I'm not "bubbly".)

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[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I also think they're looking for a woman. Men don't get described as "bubbly".

Seriously, those sort of words are part of what my currently-abandoned PhD is/was about. If I got the research published, they could be got for gender discrimination. Hmm...

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I also think they're looking for a woman. Men don't get described as "bubbly".

Oh, totally, the friend I was chatting to about this had the same first reaction. "Bubbly" brings to mind a stereotypical Pretty Blonde Secretary type, if you know what I mean. Which I'm ... not. They also wanted someone who is "well-presented," which in a normal job ad tends to mean "conservative-professional-looking," which I'm also not, but which makes sense to look for in a receptionist for, say, a law firm. In this context, though, it just has this undertone of "We want a pretty, slim young thing."

[kkscatnip.livejournal.com]

In this context, though, it just has this undertone of "We want a pretty, slim young thing."

You can tack "Who will play along with sexual advances" onto that. It might just be around here, but I seriously doubt it.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

oh, yes. Or at the very least not get "uppity" when the big boys talk to her chest. Gah.

[kkscatnip.livejournal.com]

Yep. I started crossing ads with the word "bubbly" and synonyms off after the first interview with the company who wanted a bubbly person. They not only hit on me, they also got a visibly (but not verbally, of course) upset when I purposefully closed my jacket so they couldnt get a look at my clevage. There are girls who love that sort of crap--let them have the bubbly jobs.

I just wish that the word bubbly came with a subtitle warning for people who aren't (and do not wish to be) bubbly.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

God, yes. Cheerful I can do, a cano-do attitude I have, but "bubbly"? No way in hell.