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What's the problem with dancing with Molly?
by vfc1 7y ago
What's the problem with dancing with Molly?
- DoreenMichele 7y agoPresumably, the interviewers interpreted it to mean the drug. But another potential interpretation is that she's gay and laughed because she was uncomfortable with the left-handed admission to her sexual orientation. Perhaps she was testing the waters to see how people would react to news that she went dancing with a woman.* Perhaps it was a wild misunderstanding or perhaps not. I'm sure we would all rather think it's a drug policy, but the reality is that the LGBTQ crowd faces discrimination severe enough that they are at increased risk of homelessness compared to the general population. * Edit: Or perhaps she didn't really think about what she saying, then realized after the fact that she just admitted in a job interview to a same sex date, then laughed uncomfortably.
- mcv 7y agoI would not recognise this as a drug reference, but even if it is, as long as you restrict it to the weekends, I see no problem with it. Dancing with a woman does not automatically imply LGBTQ, and even if it did, seeing that as a lack of cultural fit is kinda awful; that'd be using 'cultural fit' as an excuse for discrimination.
- astura 7y ago"Molly" is another name for ecstasy/MDMA.
- vfc1 7y agoOK, I knew that there was something fishy about it. I thought initially that the poster was openly admitting to discriminate against gay people.
- perl4ever 7y agoI mean, there are people named Molly. I definitely have a lack of cultural fit with people that freak out at coincidences, because I see so many every day. Accidental double entendres are a thing that happens.
- dredmorbius 7y ago2nd definition: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Molly https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Molly
- p1necone 7y agoI was wondering the same thing - if you're a good dev, I could care less what recreational drugs you're doing on weekends. Bringing it up in an interview is a bit of a faux pas though.
- twoquestions 7y agoMolly is a drug, so basically they said they got high all weekend. I don't have a problem with it personally, but a lot of workplaces do.
- m0zg 7y agoOr maybe Molly is just Molly in this case. As in, a human friend, with whom the interviewee went to a music festival and danced. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
- heavenlyblue 7y agoTo be absolutely fair, being all into drugs myself - if someone actually used a phrase “I danced at a festival with my friend molly”, I would absolutely never want to spend my time with them again. That literally is the trashiest thing you can ever say.
- hackinthebochs 7y agoWhat's your definition of trashy here if its not simply using drugs?
- Auready 7y agoThere's a big difference between using drugs discreetly and using drugs and talking about it in an inappropriate situation.
- hackinthebochs 7y agoIf its not immoral to use drugs it shouldn't be immoral to talk about it. "Trashy" is just an label for behavior deemed unwanted or associated with low class. But the parent (presumably) deemed using drugs not trashy by his own admission of using them.
- mcv 7y ago> If its not immoral to use drugs it shouldn't be immoral to talk about it. I don't think I can agree with that reasoning in the context of a job interview. I wouldn't want to hear about your sex life either, but that doesn't mean you can't have one.
- austhrow743 7y agoSharing knowledge of illegal activities with strangers shows a complete lack of filter and poor communication skills. Someone who drops that in an interview is going to be having HR complaints against them within their first week.