Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) truck headed down the street. A la Dionne “Dee” Davenport from “Clueless,” I was unable to turn my head without moving my entire body and, of course, tripped into the road. The patient gentleman behind the wheel gave me a suspicious look, shook his head, released a sigh that was audible through the car window, and gestured for me to cross...
Canaday A holds study breaks fit for kings. “Tea Time” occurs every Sunday at midnight, complete with a fashionably late elite, the “elevator music”, the freshly cleaned room, and a gentleman donning an ascot...
...another instance, I had problems on a job for CalEnergy, an energy company. The vice president of construction was an older gentleman who hadn't encountered a lot of women in his profession. It was 1999. I was the principal, the project manager was a woman and their lawyer was a woman. So he walked into the room, there were three women standing there, and he was looking around thinking, "So when is the guy going to walk in?" The first couple of meetings were difficult, but as the project went on we became good friends. Two years ago, when...
...problem isn’t with this one football player. He’s probably a fine, upstanding young gentleman who will contribute a great deal to this world (he could be President one day!). I could easily label this an isolated, drunken incident and move on. Sadly, these incidents are not isolated and often not even drunken, but part of a pervasive and harmful social structure...
...disbelief, the douche-face in question alleged that the next seat had a less-than-perfect view of the projection screen. He was staying where he was. Valiantly, my soon-to-be hero informed him that he would take the seat. Climbing over, he intentionally knocked into the uncouth gentleman and settled into the chair...