Is this wrong? Apparently I've been a bit controversial lately LOL(not just on SW, but EVERYWHERE)...
As you know, my friend Revolution(another SWer) and I often participate in political campaigns and events for the Democrat party. (I'm actually a Libertarian, but anyway) Revolution has a female friend who I'll call "Anna Hiller." Anna is very outspoken and speaks her mind...even though she sometimes encounters people that disagree with her. Sometimes she takes it too far...for example, she tends to drink a lot and when she drinks, she gets rather obscene and belligerent. One time, speaking her mind while drunk at a political event got her fired from her job as campaign coordinator!(but she bounced back a few months later) I've been trying to be more like this in the past year, and I'm happy to say that I've made progress. But overall she is very blunt, an "asshole" in a good way(but sometimes bad...such as when she got fired from her job). That is why she is my asshole hero.
This weekend, Revolution and I attended a party at the new apartment of a girl we worked with on a political campaign. Anna was there, drinking as usual. Near the end of the night, the town auditor, a guy named "Cole" that everyone there was friends with, stopped by the party. Now Anna's never met this guy before in her life. As everyone's saying "hi" to him, Anna simply says, "Hi, I'm Anna and I'm drunk, you're probably some kind of asshole, but anyway that's okay" and we all started laughing! We couldn't believe she said that! Now her "you're probably some kind of asshole" line is a favorite amongst us campaign kids. A few of Revolution's campaign friends have been pranking each other with that line as an inside joke.
Okay so maybe Anna's line to the town auditor was a little tooooo asinine, esp since this auditor guy is in charge of a lot of jobs Anna might be looking for...but on the other hand, she gave me a great line to use when I want to be a real asshole to some guy I dislike! For example, my cheating ex...PERFECT line to use if I run into him somewhere! "Hi I don't know you but you're probably an asshole..." and it would not only insult him, but imply that I don't even think enough of him to remember who he is! Haha.
Okay maybe Anna gets herself in trouble for being an asshole, but she's still better-off than how I was a few years ago, back when I wasn't assertive enough. As much as Anna might have burned bridges jobwise by saying that to the auditor...she still has an overall easier time finding jobs than I did a few years ago, back when I was shy and didn't know how to sell myself to employers. For example, you don't hear anyone telling ANNA that "assertiveness training would do her good" the way SWers told me last year. I wouldn't do EVERYTHING that Anna does, but overall I like her outgoing say-how-it-is demeanor. I love meeting people that are a "bitch" in a good way! LOL.
Does anyone know anyone like this? Any funny stories to share about them? Anyone agree that sometimes it's empowering to be a bitch?




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Last year, she dropped a lot of F-bombs but everyone found her genuinely hilarious anyway.

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