Although, if I moved to a workplace that used cricket terms, I'm sure I'd be thoroughly lost.
I don't get this with sports references, but I do get it when I make movie/tv/cartoon references. For instance, we're replacing our 150 some learning systems with a single system for everyone in the company. I referred to it as the One Ring project. NO ONE got it. It's not even an obscure reference!
People here don't get me man.
What? That seems so obvious to me. I thought everyone under the age of 50 and over the age of 15 has seen the LOTR movies.
The guys in my office are huge NFL fans and I do not give a fuck, nor do I want to. I dread the beginning of football season. They're only sort of into NHL, so the winter has been tolerable.
On the plus side, we were talking pancakes this morning.
Sorry, but I would love to take this course. I work in a male-dominated industry and know nothing about sports. If we're all just sitting around waiting for a meeting to start, the conversation drifts to sports. The guys shouldn't avoid talking about sports because I'm in the room. But I would love to understand WTF they're talking about and not feel like such an idiot.
I don't think it means the men don't know how to communicate with me, but it does stop me from becoming friendlier with my coworkers because I don't share their interest in sports. I can't change that and suddenly make myself care, but I really should make an effort to at least have a vague idea of what's going on in the sports world. I don't give a shit about the weather or other people's kids, either, but I'm forced to make conversation on those topics too. That's just business, and sports is an area where women tend to be at a disadvantage more than men.
You can't learn to talk about sports without a course?
I mean, if you would "love" to learn how to do this, you easily could have done so by now.
Okay, I wouldn't actually "love" to learn, I would just "love" to not feel dumb. My H isn't into sports and I have no motivation to sit down and figure it out myself. Going to a class where someone starts from the beginning and teaches me the rules with a focus on how sports are discussed in the business world sounds great to me. Not sure why it bothers you that it's a course vs. me trying to learn on my own or from someone I know.