Feast and Famine
Feast and Famine
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盛宴与饥荒
DOI：
10.2307/j.ctv1hqdjg9.8
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2015
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Doug Ramspeck
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作者：
Doug Ramspeck
有些事情你不能忘记。很难相信，自从我接到电话邀请，和来自全国各地的20多名妇女沿着参加在华盛顿特区举行的圆桌讨论会以来，两年已经过去了。我敢肯定，在电话的另一端的人认为我们已经切断了由于在我的结束震耳欲聋的沉默。在我继续之前，先声明一下。我告诉你这个故事不是因为我是个名人。这不是我的风格我讲这个故事也不是为了给新老板留下好印象。这也不是我的风格。出于某种我并不总是很清楚的原因，我代表第一夫人收到了一份午餐谈话的邀请。接到电话后五天。你自己付吧。是的，那将是与米歇尔奥巴马在房间里。当然，当你收到这样的邀请时，说“是”是个好主意。一旦我恢复了，可以说话了，我当然没有说，好吧，让我考虑一下，然后再给你答复。你挂了电话，焦虑就涌了进来。刚刚发生了什么？我该去哪里？我说什么？我该怎么办？为什么是我？所有合理的问题。但当然，最可怕的问题是：我穿什么？现在不是穿得不得体的时候。这是一个名副其实的盛宴在各方面你可以想象。大家都来了食物很好，但不是主要的吸引力。一群人中没有一个不屑的傲慢声音。这是一张我们都同意我们需要和想要的桌子。人们穿着得体。和平，可爱和迷人的聚会。全是女人。
Some things you cannot forget. It is hard to believe that 2 years have passed since I received an invitation by phone to attend a round table discussion in Washington DC along with 20 or so other women from around the country. I'm certain that the person on the other end of the call thought we had been cut off due to the deafening silence on my end. Before I go any further, a disclaimer. I'm not telling you this story because I'm a namedropper. It's not my style. I'm also not telling you this story to impress the new boss. That's not my style either. For reasons not always so clear to me – still-I received an invitation to a luncheon conversation on behalf of the First Lady. Five days from receiving the call. Pay your own way. Yes that would be with Michelle Obama in the room. Of course, when you receive such an invitation, it is a good idea to say yes. Once I recovered and could speak, I did not of course say well let me think about it and get back to you. You hang up and then the anxiety rushes in. Did that just happen? Where do I go? What do I say? What will I do? Why me? All legitimate questions you know. But of course the most terrifying question of all: What will I wear? Not a time to show up inappropriately dressed. It was a veritable feast in every way as you can imagine. Everyone showed up. The food was good but not the main attraction. There was not a dismissive arrogant voice in the bunch. That was a table we all agreed we needed and wanted to be around. People were dressed appropriately. Peaceful, lovely and engaging gathering. All women.