Balls: Not Just On the Boys

I applaud everyday heroes. They are unsung people who decide that passive aggressive action builds nothing more than resentment between themselves and the person they dislike, and revenge obliterates the object of their  hatred so that they have nothing left to destroy but themselves.

So when Jenny uploaded 31 dry-erase messages to her co-workers and her boss, who her called her a HOPA after she transferred a professional call to him (Hot Piece of Ass), I wanted to stand up and cheer. Revenge would be to make his life miserable for his comment. Having the balls to quit without another job in place, yet to tell people why she quit with no regrets, is what I applaud her for. (Amendment: it turns out the Jenny story was a hoax from the jerks behind theChive.com. They seem to think it is funny to experiment on people and try to prove that people will believe anything, but all they proved to me is that some will stoop to any level to manipulate and take advantage of the good hearts of people. They wasted my time, all for their pleasure and probably for fame and fortune for themselves. The n00b has learned something new. There are some really creepy people out there.)

There are everyday heroes all around us. I once saw an American run alongside a bus in Beijing for nearly a half mile in the dead of winter, attempting to return the mitten of a young Chinese girl who had lost it as the bus door closed abruptly, snapping the mitten off her hand. I saw two men jump out of their cars when an elderly gentlemen slipped and fell on the sidewalk, hitting his head on a stone planter on the way down. One took off his jacket to stop the blood oozing from the man's head, while the other one called 911 on his cell phone (I came up just as the ambulance arrived).

Of course, I like stories where the underdog -- or at least the person with less perceived power -- stands up for what is right, and s/he puts a story "out there" for the world to see. Jenny may not be perfect, but Spencer (the boss who played Farmville on company time) will have something to think about for awhile, besides trying to figure out what other HOPA he can exploit and demean. And I hope someone will offer Jenny an honorable job, free from sexual harassment and "the little switch".