We all collect business cards. And we give away our
cards too, sometimes.
I usually don't carry mine around, because I don't
know who to give them to. People can find me if they want to anyway. We are a
big happy family called Facebook. But even without Facebook, everybody is
somebody's friend in Tokyo. It's too easy to track people down here.
However, business cards are still very useful,
especially when you want to compartmentalize your life. Some of my friends have
different cards for different people, often company cards for men and private
cards for women.
Don't get me wrong. I’ve got nothing against this
system. But if you do that, you will just have to be careful and not hand them
out at the same time. Here, nice to meet you, I would like to talk business and
football with you sometimes, and here honey, let's meet up for a real good time soon.
Look, I don't feel the need to discuss football with
anyone, and business is the last thing I have in mind when I meet some stranger
in the pub. But hey, am I a child now? Why can't I have your real business
card? Doesn’t my mini-skirt look serious enough for you?
But the worst is when someone gives your friend or
partner his card and completely ignores you. You are not even a child now. You simply don't exist!
It does make me wonder though, do they still
believe that a woman’s place is in the kitchen?
2 comments:
Sometimes I'll give only the dude a card if it looks like the lady next to him is HIS lady because some dudes get overly protective and weird (jealous) if I give the girl a card, even if I'm not trying to make a move on her. That was a long sentence. Anyway, I do it as a sign of, "Look dude, I'm not trying to get on your girl, so relax."
that's a valid argument! but then again, what the dude thinks is obviously more important to you -- precisely my point!
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