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I know people often become uncomfortable when a knife is produced, even for such mundane chores as opening a package or cutting rope. But I wondered if anyone here's actually gotten in trouble for it. Has anyone ever called the police, reported you to a supervisor, brought you in for a closed door chat?
And why is it that a knife shakes some people up more than, say, a pair of scissors? I think I could walk down any street in the country with a pair of 7-inch black-handled scissors and no one would miss a beat. But if I walked down the street with a closed knife in my hand, it would cause a stir.
Me, I was in an office with a bunch of women, all with scissors longer than mine. (I had a pair of 5-inchers, whereas theirs were all 7-inchers.) Yet when I produced a small (3-inch) knife to help someone I'd known for years, she became uncomfortable and ratted me out to my boss.
I've been in offices run and staffed by both men and women and I can say that offices run by men tend to have a greater degree of logic than those run by women. Pursuing a logical discussion of scissors and knives with my female boss resulted in anger on her part. In other words, she became angry withe I attempted to apply logic. I thought if we all surrendered our scissors, I'd be willing to keep my legal knife at home. So why would that made someone angry?
Anyway, I just wondered. Anyone else have these problems? Not just mild reactions of horror, but problems that escalated to something all out of proportion?
And why is it that a knife shakes some people up more than, say, a pair of scissors? I think I could walk down any street in the country with a pair of 7-inch black-handled scissors and no one would miss a beat. But if I walked down the street with a closed knife in my hand, it would cause a stir.
Me, I was in an office with a bunch of women, all with scissors longer than mine. (I had a pair of 5-inchers, whereas theirs were all 7-inchers.) Yet when I produced a small (3-inch) knife to help someone I'd known for years, she became uncomfortable and ratted me out to my boss.
I've been in offices run and staffed by both men and women and I can say that offices run by men tend to have a greater degree of logic than those run by women. Pursuing a logical discussion of scissors and knives with my female boss resulted in anger on her part. In other words, she became angry withe I attempted to apply logic. I thought if we all surrendered our scissors, I'd be willing to keep my legal knife at home. So why would that made someone angry?
Anyway, I just wondered. Anyone else have these problems? Not just mild reactions of horror, but problems that escalated to something all out of proportion?
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...back to Bourbon sipping mode now...
