Down with the Man

I think I'd update more often if there wasn't all this pressure to come up with something witty and brilliant everytime. I mean, after all the name of this blog is "So long status quo". My byline may as well be "Just say no to ordinary". That actually sounds like a car commercial..."The 2006 Kia Spectra...just say no to ordinary." I should get paid for this stuff.

I'm currently at my church office answering phones while the staff is in a meeting. They came in and asked me to make a pot of coffee. When I brought it in I said "This is so pre-women's lib." I mean, seriously. Did anyone see that political cartoon about John Roberts during his senate confirmation? He's been taking a lot of flak for his position on women's issues during the 80's. In the cartoon someone is asking him about women's rights or something and he turns to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hands her his coffee cup, and says "Black, decaf". Well, I thought it was funny anyway.

I don't know why I decided to make it a women's lib issue. Maybe it's cause I went through a feminist phase one semester in college. Why can't I assume that they asked me because I work for Starbucks and they know I can make a good cup of coffee? Or because I'm volunteering to answer the phones while they're in staff and it's only logical that I'll make coffee while they're here?

Perhaps this is an overarching issue for my life. I make everything into some bigger issue. I always want to make my small problem part of some bigger general issue. I can't simply make coffee for people. I have to make it into a political issue that women have been dealing with for the ages. Burn your bras! Put your kids in daycare because you can work just as well as a man! Join forces and refuse to make coffee!!