BabyPiglet
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Okay so let me explain this person to you first. She is a fraud investigator at DCFS, her name is Gretchen and she's about...50 years old. She's pretty much as dump as a popsicle stick. Everything just flies over her head.
So today we were in the breakroom eating lunch and Gretchen was reading a magazine. She brought up something about the Madrid models thing, and somehow the conversation turned to eating disorders. I looked at my mom and said I was going to take a break, because I generally like to avoid conversation like that because I dunno, I can get worked up. Anyway, so go to get up and Gretchen says "All my life I've wished I could get anorexia".
I stopped, turned around, and just stared. I couldn't believe it, anger was quickly rising in me, so I sort of gave her a 12 year old, dirty look, and walked away.
So later, I was back in the break room getting a soda, and this other woman, Susan, was talking about her sister. Her sister was recently sent to a mental hospital because of anorexia nervosa. So we were kind of talking, I was getting uncomfortable, and in comes Gretchen. "What are you guys chatting about?". So Susan precedes to tell her the story. And she pops off with another "All my life I've wished I had that anorexia disease" comment.
Susan just sat there kinda shocked and went on to explain how her sister is 33 and weighs 82 pounds. I go "Gretchen, do you even know what anorexia is? Because I have a feeling you don't, and you need to keep your comments to yourself".
I don't know what this is. Small mindedness? Just no common sense?
Yeah I had to rant, this made me incredibly angry.
So today we were in the breakroom eating lunch and Gretchen was reading a magazine. She brought up something about the Madrid models thing, and somehow the conversation turned to eating disorders. I looked at my mom and said I was going to take a break, because I generally like to avoid conversation like that because I dunno, I can get worked up. Anyway, so go to get up and Gretchen says "All my life I've wished I could get anorexia".
I stopped, turned around, and just stared. I couldn't believe it, anger was quickly rising in me, so I sort of gave her a 12 year old, dirty look, and walked away.
So later, I was back in the break room getting a soda, and this other woman, Susan, was talking about her sister. Her sister was recently sent to a mental hospital because of anorexia nervosa. So we were kind of talking, I was getting uncomfortable, and in comes Gretchen. "What are you guys chatting about?". So Susan precedes to tell her the story. And she pops off with another "All my life I've wished I had that anorexia disease" comment.
Susan just sat there kinda shocked and went on to explain how her sister is 33 and weighs 82 pounds. I go "Gretchen, do you even know what anorexia is? Because I have a feeling you don't, and you need to keep your comments to yourself".
I don't know what this is. Small mindedness? Just no common sense?
Yeah I had to rant, this made me incredibly angry.
Some people, I think, just don't get it. It's a horrible thing for her to say. I really do believe she doesn't make the connection with anorexia being a mental problem. It's not like people wake up and think, "Oh, I'll be anorexic today!"
Some people are so shallow and don't even try to get it.
