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In a business setting, upon encountering women with aggressive cleavage, where is the proper place to fix one's gaze in order to maintain a professional demeanor?

26,667 2,340 September 26, 2012 at 05:34 PM in Help
Further: how does a person accomplish such a thing without being obvious about the avoidance?

In my new position I'm regularly sent into the offices of high-profile clients. We're talking about lobbying firms with partners who rub elbows with Congressmen; communications firms that brief Obama's cabinet and captains of industry on how to behave on camera; lawyers who spend a lot of time at the Supreme Court... you get the idea.

A shocking percentage of these offices are very old-fashioned about how the partners are coddled and cared-for: they basically have a bevy of young, attractive assistants who do everything from reading the partners their email to picking out bottles of scotch for Senator so-and-so.

I spend a lot of time with these young ladies since they are always the ones who have to figure out computer/Blackberry/printer/television/motorized tie rack problems for the partners. Every last one of them dresses provocatively. I don't think they're doing it entirely on purpose (and certainly not solely for my benefit), but there is still cleavage left, right, and center all damn day long.

I feel like they can tell I'm making a conscious effort to look them in the eye when we talk. And I'm not even pretending like that's an easy thing to do. Most of the time if I can remember 5% of what they were going on about, I'm doing well. I try very hard to get them to show me what they were doing on the computer/iPhone/copier/toaster oven so I can at least pretend to focus on the problem. The worst is when they want me to look over their shoulder at Mr. Namesonthedoor's new Galaxy SIII that won't sync... right behind that is when I have to face them over a low cubicle wall or divider. Faint

In my head I'm thinking dontlookdownhershirt dontlookdownhershirt youllgetfiredsofastyourheadllspin forgodssakesdontlookdownherfarkingshirt so hard I'm sure these girls can hear it. Staring them right in the eyes doesn't help much when my--not peripheral, since it's usually more of a downward direction, what do you call that?--field of vision includes the jigglies. What the hell am I supposed to do? Dontknow

tl;dr: bewbs!

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Piccaboo
09-27-2012 at 07:02 PM.
09-27-2012 at 07:02 PM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
I know what most of these words mean but when you put them in this particular order my head hurts.

Good, that teaches you well with what you said earlier laugh out loud

How's the head Big Grin
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Beartrkkr
09-27-2012 at 08:28 PM.
09-27-2012 at 08:28 PM.
Quote from Piccaboo :
Good, that teaches you well with what you said earlier laugh out loud

How's the head Big Grin
Yes, do tell how the head was...
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09-27-2012 at 08:30 PM.
09-27-2012 at 08:30 PM.
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Yes, do tell how the head was...
Only the hairy feet one can say Shutup
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veritablequandary
09-28-2012 at 02:35 AM.
09-28-2012 at 02:35 AM.
Quote from Piccaboo :
Only the hairy feet one can say Shutup
Huh Autumn's not here? Dontknow
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Ram|bunc|tious
09-28-2012 at 05:49 AM.
09-28-2012 at 05:49 AM.
Enough chit chat ... more bewb pics! Yahoo!
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emelvee
09-28-2012 at 06:12 AM.
09-28-2012 at 06:12 AM.
VQ misspelled "gays" in the thread title. And quit trying to "fix" them, people! Mad
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Frogstar
09-28-2012 at 06:48 AM.
09-28-2012 at 06:48 AM.
I want to hear more about these giraffes, and if possible, watch a short independent film starring them.
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emelvee
09-28-2012 at 06:56 AM.
09-28-2012 at 06:56 AM.
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I want to hear more about these giraffes, and if possible, watch a short independent film starring them.
linly [youtube.com]
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ALVSGIRLY
09-28-2012 at 06:58 AM.
09-28-2012 at 06:58 AM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
And somebody said to eat at Hooters? Dontknow
I'm craving those breaded chicken wings now Whee!!!
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Frogstar
09-28-2012 at 07:11 AM.
09-28-2012 at 07:11 AM.
Quote from ALVSGIRLY :
I'm craving those breaded chicken wings now Whee!!!
Yuk
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ALVSGIRLY
09-28-2012 at 07:12 AM.
09-28-2012 at 07:12 AM.
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Yuk
You don't like hot wings Crazy?
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Frogstar
09-28-2012 at 07:16 AM.
09-28-2012 at 07:16 AM.
Quote from ALVSGIRLY :
You don't like hot wings Crazy?
I like good hot wings. Hot wings aren't supposed to be breaded. And Hooter's doesn't serve good food (well, they didn't last time I went fifteen years ago).
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ALVSGIRLY
09-28-2012 at 07:19 AM.
09-28-2012 at 07:19 AM.
Quote from Frogstar :
I like good hot wings. Hot wings aren't supposed to be breaded. And Hooter's doesn't serve good food (well, they didn't last time I went fifteen years ago).
I like them both ways. I wish more places served them breaded because they could be done better than hooters does them.
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menace33
09-28-2012 at 07:45 AM.
09-28-2012 at 07:45 AM.
Quote from ALVSGIRLY :
I like them both ways. I wish more places served them breaded because they could be done better than hooters does them.
Interjects: Breaded is fine as long as there is not too much hot wing sauce. Who likes a soggy hot wing? I'd prefer non-breaded over soggy breaded hot wings, boneless or traditional.
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Frogstar
09-28-2012 at 07:54 AM.
09-28-2012 at 07:54 AM.
Quote from menace33 :
Interjects: Breaded is fine as long as there is not too much hot wing sauce. Who likes a soggy hot wing? I'd prefer non-breaded over soggy breaded hot wings, boneless or traditional.
I don't understand.
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