Stupidity deserves no pity when text messages unearth a salacious affair
Juliana D'Amico
Issue date: 3/27/08 Section: Opinion
Interoffice dating has always been a taboo. Whether your boss takes you aside on your first day and informs you of this or whether you read it in the small print in the middle of your contract, you get the impression that it is not a good idea.
But then you see him. And when your eyes meet his, the fact that you are co-workers doesn't seem to be such a deal breaker. Your face flushes and sparks fly as his pin-striped pant leg accidentally brushes against your fishnet tights.
When the smell of his aftershave is no longer detectable and you come back down to planet earth, you realize you must choose between two decisions. The first: You may try to convince yourself that it's stupid, a waste of time, and abandon the idea of interoffice dating all together. Or, you may decide to spice up your work life, thank Cupid and accept the challenge.
No matter which decision you make, you will almost always come up with the same ultimate conclusion - at which time you will reluctantly admit that those "fun sucking," "jealous" co-workers who advised against inter-office dating were not so wrong after all.
Indeed, interoffice dating is not a good idea.
But interoffice texting - now, that is a different story. It's fun, quick, entertaining and cheap. And it's as easy to hide as slipping your phone into your pocket! Imagine the possibilities.
Not to mention, it takes some talent. Not all men in the world can pretend to be running a Detroit City Council Meeting while texting scandalous sweet nothings to an employee.
That is, unless, you are the mayor.
Or, to be more exact, unless you are Kwame Kilpatrick.
And his interoffice text messaging became a national issue when Kilpatrick lied about it under oath.
Now, I am not going to go off on a diatribe of the mayor's shortfalls. We know he has them. Neither am I going to go off in a eulogy for the city of Detroit. We have survived worse.
We do not need someone to say how bad this is for our city, state, children, culture or country. We do not need someone to tell us how much more money his behavior will cost Detroit. We do not need other cities to suggest how long it will take Detroit to recover.
But then you see him. And when your eyes meet his, the fact that you are co-workers doesn't seem to be such a deal breaker. Your face flushes and sparks fly as his pin-striped pant leg accidentally brushes against your fishnet tights.
When the smell of his aftershave is no longer detectable and you come back down to planet earth, you realize you must choose between two decisions. The first: You may try to convince yourself that it's stupid, a waste of time, and abandon the idea of interoffice dating all together. Or, you may decide to spice up your work life, thank Cupid and accept the challenge.
No matter which decision you make, you will almost always come up with the same ultimate conclusion - at which time you will reluctantly admit that those "fun sucking," "jealous" co-workers who advised against inter-office dating were not so wrong after all.
Indeed, interoffice dating is not a good idea.
But interoffice texting - now, that is a different story. It's fun, quick, entertaining and cheap. And it's as easy to hide as slipping your phone into your pocket! Imagine the possibilities.
Not to mention, it takes some talent. Not all men in the world can pretend to be running a Detroit City Council Meeting while texting scandalous sweet nothings to an employee.
That is, unless, you are the mayor.
Or, to be more exact, unless you are Kwame Kilpatrick.
And his interoffice text messaging became a national issue when Kilpatrick lied about it under oath.
Now, I am not going to go off on a diatribe of the mayor's shortfalls. We know he has them. Neither am I going to go off in a eulogy for the city of Detroit. We have survived worse.
We do not need someone to say how bad this is for our city, state, children, culture or country. We do not need someone to tell us how much more money his behavior will cost Detroit. We do not need other cities to suggest how long it will take Detroit to recover.
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Maxine
posted 3/30/08 @ 12:58 PM EST
I am surprised Juliana makes no mention of the close association between Kwame Kilpatrick and Barack Obama. During their college years, Obama and Kilpatrick were members of a national secret society by the name of "Black Jihad", an extremist Muslim group. (Continued…)
John Boyd
posted 4/07/08 @ 6:56 PM EST
Incredible that this false, slanderous urban legend has emerged in a campus newspaper, particularly in that there apparently has been no refuting comment after two weeks. (Continued…)
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