I took out a new hire at work for lunch..

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74. Go read again. He just won't help this guy. I was in

the same position when an employer took on a new appraiser trainee, who we could take into the field for teaching experience as we chose, something we did out of the goodness of our hearts, not pay.

I took him out first to get him started, a very valuable opportunity for him. This guy knew nothing but had heard a male comment on an area adjacent to the neighborhood I first took him to. He didn't learn a thing from my explanations because he was too busy obliquely critiquing every point of my evaluation based on the other he'd heard. From beginning to end I endured supposedly subtle implications that I should base my analysis on what he relayed to me. Charmingly delivered with nice smiles.

When we returned to the office I explained to the others (all men) exactly why I was dumping the entire burden of teaching this creep on them, knowing full well that he needed more than they'd give him.

Just like Le Gaucher's hostile conservative, this one killed his own chances by his too-indulgent acting out of antagonism against a woman in a position of authority. I had no duty to carry him. He had no idea of course. I even heard him badmouthing me to my courteously listening colleagues, and it only took a few more days for the business owner to fire him.