"I got it!"- Maria Gonzalez
Maria and I had a conversation about perfumes a couple of weeks ago. I mentioned to her that I tend to notice a nice perfume smell on people and often will compliment the person. I also told her that even though I put on a different scent each day, I never get complimented. Out loud I wondered why.
The other day, she walked in my office and said, "I got it". It bothered her enough to keep thinking about our conversation and come up with an opinion. In her opinion it has to do with sexual harassment Maria believes that because of it people just keep those compliments to themselves. It is no longer PC to compliment.
This bothers me. I wondered how complimenting a woman or a man that the scent they are using smells good can be misconstrued as harassment. In my world it is a genuine compliment. BUT I guess the rest of the world considers it differently. Which makes me wonder...
Today's question is:
"How do you compliment someone without them feeling harassed?
Maria and I had a conversation about perfumes a couple of weeks ago. I mentioned to her that I tend to notice a nice perfume smell on people and often will compliment the person. I also told her that even though I put on a different scent each day, I never get complimented. Out loud I wondered why.
The other day, she walked in my office and said, "I got it". It bothered her enough to keep thinking about our conversation and come up with an opinion. In her opinion it has to do with sexual harassment Maria believes that because of it people just keep those compliments to themselves. It is no longer PC to compliment.
This bothers me. I wondered how complimenting a woman or a man that the scent they are using smells good can be misconstrued as harassment. In my world it is a genuine compliment. BUT I guess the rest of the world considers it differently. Which makes me wonder...
Today's question is:
"How do you compliment someone without them feeling harassed?
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