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Subject:Re: Fun Interview Stories From:Beth Westbrook <dew -at- austin -dot- rr -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:10:43 -0500
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:45:21 +0200, "Mark L. Levinson"
<nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il> wrote:
>When I read about the guy who was "6'2", 275lb, moustache...
>wearing a beautiful sun dress," what crossed my mind was that
>on the one hand he didn't want the job but on the other hand
>he wanted to be rejected by the company rather than failing
>to go through the motions of applying.
Well, in that case what we have hear is that old tech comm pitfall:
unclear terminology. Andrew used the term crossdresser in the
original story, but if the scenario was what you are describing that
would be drag because it was a performance.
-Beth Westbrook
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