Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines uppity as ‘inclined to be haughty, arrogant, snobbish, etc.’ Yesterday, at work a woman told me that a security guy didn’t like me because I was uppity. First of all, let me get my laughs out of me…

*pause for a minute*

Ok.. I don’t live my life trying to impress people. Ask anyone that knows me. But what intrigued me is that I really didn’t even know what uppity means. I think some people see it as stuck up, but I asked JT and he said that it’s about how I present myself and act.

Well, how do I act? At work I don’t take any bullshit from customers. I’ve learned not to let anyone walk all over me, especially men. Dealing with electronics, a lot of men (and some women) have this mentallity that women don’t know shit. I’m not gonna deal with all that by getting stressed out.

Example: Male customer comes in. He wants to hook speakers to a television. I qualify his needs by asking open-ended questions. He doesn’t have an amplifier. Problem number one, you can’t hook speakers to a television without an amplifier. Then he goes on talking about how his friend has it. I wanted to tell him, if his FRIEND has it why didn’t his FRIEND hook it up for him. Anyway, he started acting like I didn’t know what I was talking about. I’m gonna keep telling you it’s not gonna work. You’re not gonna me me feel like

I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about.

Now a lot of male customers I have consider that having an attitude, but when guys do that it’s all good.

I think I’ve talked about this before, but also a lot of men are intimidated by educated women. I hate that shit so much; it irritates me to no end. You’re not gonna see me acting like a chicken head. I have respect for myself and people around me. My Mama didn’t raise an idiot and I didn’t get a $100,000+ education for nothing. I’m gonna act like I got some sense and if this is uppity so I shall be!

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