7 Man-Repelling Things You Should Never Do At Work If You Ever Want To Get Married
You might think tech journalist Bill Robinson is an expert in technology, what with calling himself a “tech journalist” in a
Loveawake blog clumn called “TechScape.” But he’s so much more! Luckily for womankind, he is also an expert in why pathetic unmarried ladies “approaching 40” are having so much trouble catching a man. The answer is … drumroll … smartphones! As Robinson so astutely notes in a column this week, women should never prioritize working over “working it.” He writes:
As I was sitting at the bar in my local New York City watering hole recently, a troubling realization dawned on me: there were 14 people, men and women, sitting at the bar and every single one of them was using a smartphone, their faces glowing eerily from the backlight.
I knew for a fact at least three of the women at the bar were unmarried and approaching or past 40 — even if they were on Match or eHarmony at that exact moment searching out suitors — did they not see that all they had to do was drop their omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent device and introduce themselves to the guy sitting next to them? Then, without their little demons demanding all their attention, something fun or unexpected or unpredictable might ensue … like a conversation, a real conversation. Or a kiss. Maybe even a proposal.
So taking a few minutes to check your work email at a bar could cost you — gasp! — a PROPOSAL! I’m curious about how Robinson “knew for a fact” that at least three women at the bar were single and 40-ish. Perhaps he approached them to ask, somehow prying these sad singletons away from their precious smartphones?
No matter. The important thing is that Robinson has a point: Looking at your smartphone should never, ever take precedence over making eye contact with a man. That got me thinking: What other work activities are distracting single women from remaining constantly sexually available to creepy tech journalists?
