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Two things
Apr. 14th, 2011 05:08 pmBoth happened on Tuesday.
First, there was a work luncheon event that included awards for campus IT personnel. It's a wonderful affair held at the alumni center (which is quite posh and privately operated - a coworker being a member is how we have access to use it.) There were two nomination categories: individual and department. My department was nominated and, as it turned out, won. This meant we all had to go up on stage and accept a certificate from the CIO and provost. They had managed to get my name updated for everything, which meant so very much to me. I have expressed my thanks to everyone involved for doing so.
The second requires a little explanation. The setup was a room full of large, round tables that seated nine people. Eight were at mine, and one other person was female; she was seated opposite me. The salad and dessert were already on the table when we sat. The staff attempted to give me an entrée first but realized I had selected the vegetarian option so mine arrived last at the table. A while after the entrée plates were cleared away there was coffee offered, and it was then that I noticed something. The server for our table asked me and when she finished pouring my cup she walked around the table then asked the woman seated there, and only after pouring her cup were the men at the table asked. It was an interesting experience of non-verbal gendering.
First, there was a work luncheon event that included awards for campus IT personnel. It's a wonderful affair held at the alumni center (which is quite posh and privately operated - a coworker being a member is how we have access to use it.) There were two nomination categories: individual and department. My department was nominated and, as it turned out, won. This meant we all had to go up on stage and accept a certificate from the CIO and provost. They had managed to get my name updated for everything, which meant so very much to me. I have expressed my thanks to everyone involved for doing so.
The second requires a little explanation. The setup was a room full of large, round tables that seated nine people. Eight were at mine, and one other person was female; she was seated opposite me. The salad and dessert were already on the table when we sat. The staff attempted to give me an entrée first but realized I had selected the vegetarian option so mine arrived last at the table. A while after the entrée plates were cleared away there was coffee offered, and it was then that I noticed something. The server for our table asked me and when she finished pouring my cup she walked around the table then asked the woman seated there, and only after pouring her cup were the men at the table asked. It was an interesting experience of non-verbal gendering.
