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Originally Posted by Hitch
Sure--I don't expect you to notice it. But when you're standing there, it's hard not to. In a million years, ask yourself if a male VEEP at a company would EVER be introduced by first-name only. Ask yourself if you've ever, ever heard an exec ask another male exec to "just be more cooperative," rather than far more respectful phrasing. I get it--you think it's picayune stuff--but it's not.
Hitch
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Takes me back a few years. At one time, I was visiting a company for which I had done and was doing some IT consulting work. One of the CxOs whom I had had some interactions with before was introducing a new hire around. When he visited the IT manager Andrea's office, he introduced her as Andrea and me as "one of our valued consultants, David LastName". No job title, no last name for Andrea. Too much like work to say, this is our IT manager Andrea Foulkstone.
The new hire at least redeemed himself by shaking Andrea's hand and asking "I'm sorry but I didn't catch your last name". Not sure if this was due to the 40+ difference in age, parents who had raised the kid right or ?.