thequestionclub [eleuthreophile]

1) assume you are 19 years old. you are at work, and your 30-ish supervisor (who is a member of your preferred sex) is randomly saying "ho ho ho ho ho". a nearby coworker says something like "that's not a very nice thing to call him/her, you don't know if they are or not." the supervisor then goes, "well, maybe i wanna find out."

what would your reaction be?

eta: the supervisor rarely says stuff like this, and you (the 19 year old) are on very good terms with everyone at work, including the sup.

2) do you work with mostly people of your gender, or of the other gender?
3) are the people you work with normal and boring, or are they all complete characters and awesome to work with?


my answers in teh comments.

thequestionclub [power_squid]

I wasn't sure how to answer the question "did school prepare you for the real world" a few posts ago.

First instinct is to say "of course not," but then again, I'm here, aren't I? And obviously I use stuff I learned in school every day, because duh, I'm a teacher, but is that the norm?

I think if the question had been "did the content you were taught in school prepare you for the real world," the answer would be more straightforward. But you learn a lot more in school than the content.

So, here is my question:

If it wasn't school that prepared you for the real world, what was it?
or,
Were you just entirely unprepared for the real world?