ONLY in America: beauty as a impediment

THE LADY featured on the  aol homepage has a problem. She is just too darned good looking to have a job, or so she says. She is thirty three years old, and, for truth, is a real stunner. A classic raven haired, slender limbed, curvacious angel faced beauty.

but, so what. Aren't we all? How many hotties on average do you see in a crowded big city, or a college town, or a college or high school hallway? Answer: a bundle. No matter how well a person does anything, sings, dances, plays tennis, writes blogs, looks good, one need only go around the corner to encounter someone who does it just as well.

Unemployed, the lady says that at her workplace all the men constantly chased her and the women shunned her out of jealousy, even when she wore scrubs and no make up. And there is certainly no reason not to believe her, or is there?

Depends on where she was working. Was it a factory, a body shop, or a bar? In such cases, it might be said that its her own damned fault. She lamented that everyone overlooks her professional credentials and capabilities, whatever those might be.

If shes'a professional, well educated, has she ever considered teaching in an elementary school? A great majority of teachers, particularly in grade schools, are women, and in many if not most of america's primary level school buildings are some real knockouts. Teachers tend to be youndg adults, almost as if public school teachers get burned out by middle age, if you can imagine such a thing.

Has she ever considered becoming a binge eater, or undergoing disfiguring plastic surgery? or perhaps just a touch of dog poop across the cheek. There has simply got to be an acceptable solution of some sort for this poor unfortunate soul encased in surpassingly visually pleasing meat and bones.

Most of us regard physical beauty, as well as intelligence and athletic and artisitc ability as postive attributes. But you can see the storm clouds building. Unemployment and disability roles, (which in america is really another form of unemployment insurance) swelling with distraught job seekers whose disabling factor is "I'm too good looking for the job market", or, "I am too talented to be employable."

You just know its coming, now that the precedent has been set. If it seems impossible, consider the culture in which you live, and remember the old cliche, "only in america".