https://www.reddit.com/r/ForeverAlone/comments/7rmbmh/an_incident_involving_2_colleagues_at_work/
Brutal
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]So I was sat at lunch with some colleagues last week. I try and socialise at work because if I don't, it makes my work life very difficult as I work in a team. I'm sat with 2 colleagues. Something I don't understand is that their standards for guys is so high, but they are nowhere near those standards themselves- is this normal? Like on a scale I would probably put them at 4-5 and they go after guys in the 7-8 range, who also have money and a good job?[/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Anyway we were sat there, and they like to perv on guys in the office. Always talking about who is hot and who isn't. It's not really a conversation I like to take part in so I dip in and out when it comes up. Quite frankly I find it childish and unprofessional but there you go.[/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The blonde girl sighs out loud to the other girl that there aren't any attractive guys in the office. Im sat right opposite her. She then makes eye contact with me, and with a sly grin adds "no offence- you're not attractive" followed by a laugh. The other girl guffawed at me on this note. But there was something sinister about the blonde girls words- like she knew 100% that she was right, and more importantly, I knew she was right. And she is. I'm as ugly as sin.[/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Can I just mention here that the blonde (early 20s) is engaged to a drug addict, drunk, wife beater who is 35 yrs old and works in a coffee bar? I'm literally lower than that it seems just based on my face.[/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]And before you guys think I just sat there feeling sorry for myself, I replied sarcastically "well there aren't any fit girls in the office- no offence" but they pretended not to hear me.[/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]But that really hurt me and demoralised me even more than I was previously, destroying what was left of my self esteem. I thought it was really rude and mean of her to say that to me. I'm a really nice person, I'm friendly and approachable and kind- I also don't do drugs, am generous and definitely not violent. But... that doesn't count does it? I'm starting to see that.[/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I just wanted to share this with you because it has been replaying in my head for about a week and here I am thinking about it again. To be disregarded so easily just because I am not facially attractive seems very unfair because I wasn't in charge of my facial aesthetics at birth. Not that I'm seeking acceptance, but just a little bit of courtesy. I feel like my quality of life has been significantly lowered because of the one thing I can't control- my genetics. I come from a poor as fuck background and loser deadbeat family, and no matter how much I have achieved (and I have achieved greatly academically and in the working world for my standards) my face will always pull me down below even the worst characters.[/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I understand that I won't find a woman interested in me ever because of how I look so I'm just hoping to work and save some cash- there's this homeless woman who I walk past to get to work everyday. I'm hoping she'll maybe show some interest in me when I offer to take her in and help her out. She's a drug addict though so she looks about 60 but she's 24. I don't mind though I just want someone to like me for who I am.[/font]
[font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Thanks for reading[/font]
Brutal
