Pulling a "Paris"
The events of yesterday will lead to a new phrase being born. Like anything new, it will take time before it is recognized and comes into common usage (how may years passed between Jim Jones and everyone using the phrase "drank the kool-aid?"). And this phrase will come into use because it will describe a situation that we commonly understand, but there is no one word that summarizes it.
The phrase will be "Pulling a Paris", as in "Did you see what that girl did when the boss told her that her work was sub-par and they were getting rid of her? She totally pulled a Paris!"
"Pulling a Paris" will describe the following situation: When a child that is raised by parents who coddle the child and shelter the child from the realities of the world to such an extent that the child believes it deserves "special treatment" and is not subject to the laws and obligations that everyone else lives by, reaches a point in child's adult life when the child does something from which mommy and daddy can no longer protect it, and the child reacts by crying and whining and saying "It's not fair" and other behavior that would commonly be associated with a four-year old.
Well, we all know who "pulled a Paris" last night. Unspecified medical condition, my ass. Last week on The Sopranos, AJ pulled a Paris in his bedroom when Tony told him times just got tough and he had to cowboy up, and AJ sat on his bed and cried. (Well, not for long, Tony "corrected" that situation.) Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal had an article about how twenty-somethings that were new to the workplace were crying when they got a less than glowing employee evaluation. The reason? All their life their parents told them they were special and could do no wrong. So the first time someone gives them negative feedback, they collapse into tears.
We should not give a second thought to anyone who "pulls a Paris". To keep coddling someone that has no coping skills does no one any good. If someone at work gets a negative evaluation, does their work somehow become better because that person cried about it? Will their work magically improve in quality in relation to the number of tears the person sheds?
At least the judge in the Paris case realizes this, even if th sheriff doesn't. But this saga is far from over, and I have no idea how it will play out.
The phrase will be "Pulling a Paris", as in "Did you see what that girl did when the boss told her that her work was sub-par and they were getting rid of her? She totally pulled a Paris!"
"Pulling a Paris" will describe the following situation: When a child that is raised by parents who coddle the child and shelter the child from the realities of the world to such an extent that the child believes it deserves "special treatment" and is not subject to the laws and obligations that everyone else lives by, reaches a point in child's adult life when the child does something from which mommy and daddy can no longer protect it, and the child reacts by crying and whining and saying "It's not fair" and other behavior that would commonly be associated with a four-year old.
Well, we all know who "pulled a Paris" last night. Unspecified medical condition, my ass. Last week on The Sopranos, AJ pulled a Paris in his bedroom when Tony told him times just got tough and he had to cowboy up, and AJ sat on his bed and cried. (Well, not for long, Tony "corrected" that situation.) Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal had an article about how twenty-somethings that were new to the workplace were crying when they got a less than glowing employee evaluation. The reason? All their life their parents told them they were special and could do no wrong. So the first time someone gives them negative feedback, they collapse into tears.
We should not give a second thought to anyone who "pulls a Paris". To keep coddling someone that has no coping skills does no one any good. If someone at work gets a negative evaluation, does their work somehow become better because that person cried about it? Will their work magically improve in quality in relation to the number of tears the person sheds?
At least the judge in the Paris case realizes this, even if th sheriff doesn't. But this saga is far from over, and I have no idea how it will play out.
posted by Beukey @ 4:40 AM
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