rant

so, work has been going pretty well. i've been working with my boss on a rather high profile subcommittee (read: everybody is waaaay higher ranking than me). i don't have a lot of responsibility on the committee, but i do go to all the meetings and diligently do what is required and asked of me. anyway...

as part of this committee, my boss and i have been having meetings with various "key" individuals in the central office (senior and executive vice presidents, the president himself, etc etc). these meetings have been very cool for me since these are important folks i might not have met otherwise.

we had a meeting today with a fairly highly ranking individual (executive vice president of something or another). throughout the meeting, i took my notes and listened to (and completely understood - this becomes important later) his comments/ideas/theories/suggestions/etc. as he talked. at the end of the meeting, as my boss and i thanked him and left, this gentleman made a comment, in a joking manner, insinuating that i probably didn't understand what he had said and would shortly be asking my boss to explain it to me.

now, i'm not one to take quick offense in most situations, and i certainly am not one to be hyper vigilant and sensitive to or out looking for potentially sexist/ age-ist/ whatever-ist comments like some people do. that being said, while the comment was presented in a joking manner, i found it fairly rude and i got the definite impression that he was assuming that i was not able to "keep up" with the discussion at hand. false.

was it because i'm a girl, because i'm young? i liked this guy until he said that, now he just seems ignorant and chauvinistic. what a crappy way to start the week. so that was my rant. grrr. does this mean i really am smarter than i look? i'm not sure how i feel about that...