Longtime readers know that UD is a ‘thesdan. She wasn’t born in Bethesda, Maryland — she was born in Baltimore, at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Her father was a grad student in immunology at Hopkins at the time.
But since her father went on to spend his career at ‘thesda’s National Institutes of Health, UD was definitely raised in ‘thesda and became in due course a ‘thesdan.
Type the term thesdan in UD‘s search engine to get a sense of what that means. Here’s the Wikipedia page.
Or – here’s an even better way to get a grip on la condition ‘thesdanienne.
[Charley Cooper, a nineteen-year-old Georgetown University student, has] posted an ad for someone to tackle “some of my everyday tasks,” such as organizing his closet, dropping him off and picking him up from work, scheduling haircuts, putting gas in the car and taking it in for service, managing his electronic accounts and doing laundry (although the assistant will be paid only for the time spent loading, unloading and folding clothes, not the entire laundry cycle).
The successful applicant can expect to work three to seven hours a week and make $10 to $12 an hour, although “on occasion it will be possible to work additional hours and/or receive bonuses at my discretion.” Preference will be given to Georgetown undergraduates, Cooper says in the listing, and the assistant can spread his or her tasks throughout the day.
“As my PA you will receive an email once a day by 9:00 am with a task list for that day and a time estimate for each task,” Cooper wrote in the job listing, which was first reported by the student newsmagazine, Georgetown Voice. “Important tasks will be bolded on the list and must be done that day (even though everything on the list should theoretically be finished on a daily basis). At the end of the day you will send me an email telling me what tasks are incomplete or that all tasks have been completed.”… [Cooper] grew up in Bethesda…
October 25th, 2009 at 9:10AM
I just heard about this the other day–not from any of my Georgetown students, but from a friend of a friend.
I can’t tell yet how I feel about this. It seems a little ballsy, but understandable. Somewhat.
I wonder if La Kid will take out a similar ad in the Hatchet.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:27AM
La Kid’s had a team of lifestyle coaches for some years now.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:39PM
"[T]he assistant will be paid only for the time spent loading, unloading and folding clothes, not the entire laundry cycle."
Of course.
October 26th, 2009 at 7:12AM
I had a lifestyle coach myself. It was Ma TP, and well do I remember those encouraging words: "Clean up your room this goddamn minute!"
October 26th, 2009 at 8:28AM
This seems reasonable to me too, James.