Being thought of as slothful or vain. On the surface I would pick slothful. However, in real life I guess I prefer being perceived as lazy, than self-obsessed. My ex and some of my friends have remarked how much I like to look in the mirror. I don't deny it. I'm obsessed with looking at my image. It doesn't mean I like what I see, yet if I go to a restaurant I try to sit with my back to the mirror as to not get distracted and out myself as completely obsessed with myself. Recently, while traveling in Israel, pn remarked about the habit. Usually, I would get all defensive about it, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself so I freely admit it. This wasn't the case a few months back.
A few months ago when I started working at my new job, my boss asked me to help him carry some stuff to his car. We have a mirror downstairs and also an elevator that is right next to the mirror; after helping my boss load the car and waving goodbye to him I wondered back into the lobby heading straight for the mirror. Unfortunately, my boss decided that he had forgot something. Seeing me right next to elevator, he remarked that a flight of stairs is not such strenuous exercise. Maybe I shouldn't be so lazy. And instead of letting him know that I didn't intend to use the elevator and was just looking at myself, I mumbled something about high heels and stairs.
I let him think I was physically lazy, rather than vain. And I still don't understand why.
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