Self-Organizing Man

Last night I and the Lovely Ms. H. watched the conclusion of Martha Stewart’s Apprentice show.

She dismisses the loser with “You just don’t fit in.”

“Fit in?!” I declared. “No wonder dudes* get into trouble with chicks+.

DUDE*: ‘I don’t fit in?

MARTHA: Yes, I’m sorry. You just don’t fit in.

DUDE*: So do I still have a job??

[NOTE: He does not. But Martha needs to write him a letter to tell him he's fired!]

How about this related scenario:

DUDE*: So you’re saying we’re just not compatible?

CHICK+: Yes that’s it.

DUDE*: Can we still go out??

“But she didn’t say I was fired/we shouldn’t go out anymore,” the Dude* says later. “No wonder he didn’t fit in/we couldn’t go out anymore,” says Martha/Chick+. “He just didn’t listen very well……..”

* DUDE = Dudes of All Genders.
+CHICK = Chicks of All Genders.