I’m not a slob about my date of birth. I even think I’m unhealthyly giving. I write him often. Not only in employment or publishing contracts, on the covers of your books, in tour orders, loyalty program registrations, but also in work CVs. And this despite the fact that some experts in the field of human resources advise not to mention the date of birth at a certain age when looking for a job and instead start with experience and education.
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But writing down the date somewhere is completely different from saying your age out loud. Especially when the ending “suck” appears in it, the gynecologist starts to talk about menopause during regular check-ups, it is necessary to discuss supplementing joint nutrition with the bypass surgeon (because the knee is no longer what it used to be), and it would be impossible to write this text without glasses nearby .
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I will no longer use the ending “sát”, which affected me recently, as “cet” in documents. But what about trying it visually, I thought in an exuberant moment. The idea was all the crazier because I’ve never been a fan of coloring books. I know women who can create Hollywood magic with them, highlighting what should be highlighted and hiding what should not be seen. I’ve only learned to mask with makeup all my life. Specifically the circles under the eyes. With age and my “heavy owl” lifestyle, this task has become more and more urgent and, unfortunately, more difficult.
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However, one shouldn’t run away from challenges, I told myself and bought a paintbrush. Then I painted and painted. And then she painted off (understand, she was trying to get it off her face) and painted again… Until it looked as I imagined. After one of many attempts, I decided that I was finally experienced enough to go to work.
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And then it happened! An auditor was standing in the subway corridor. With an experienced eye, he chose the ones he would stop. I was about to pass when he waved at me. On me, which no one has checked for quite a few years, because everyone included me among the reliable ticket holders! I held my breath – hooray, I look young and free! Free as someone who needs to be reviewed, because if anyone has an estimate of people, it is the reviewer.
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Excited and intoxicated by the success of my art work, I was fishing for a fly in my purse when the person in question leaned over and whispered: “Don’t be angry, I wouldn’t stop you, but your blouse is backwards. So I just wanted to tell you…”
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The author of today’s feuilleton is the writer Lidmila Kábrtová, who studied journalism, but has been working in the field of public relations for more than twenty-five years. She made her literary debut with the experimental prose Who will drink the foxes, set in the 1970s. This was followed by a collection of short stories about women, Places in the Dark, and last year she published her last book, the short story novel Čekání na spousť.
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The summer edition Through the Eyes of the Fifties, or How Another Czech Woman in her Fifties Sees It, will be published for eight weeks. You could already meet a model here Teresa Maxováa writer Martina Formanová or a doctor Kateřina Cajthamlová and in the following weeks, actresses Kamila Špráchalová and Nela Boudová, presenter Ester Janečková and journalist Markéta Grosmanová are waiting for you. From August 29, Lucie Šilhová will write her observations for you again.
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