9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for January 16, 2017
Transcript:
Woman: How am I to be addressed? By my first name? I've heard employees call their CEOs "ed" and "Stan". others would say "mr." so and so. Why did xiulan do this to me? Why did I accept? I don't even know what my name is. Man: Ms. ouyang...? Woman: well, that's as good a beginning as any. at least it's accurate. Man: i'm sorry? Woman: Inner monologue spillage. sorry. Man: Yes, ma'am.