Engineer files HR report after her male boss expects her to handle admin tasks mid-presentation because: ‘Come on, it's not that hard. Women are naturally better at this stuff anyway’

Our story begins in the wild frontier of corporate personal dynamics, where progress allegedly roams free but somehow people still trip over stenography practices from 1957. 

Somewhere in a Phoenix conference room, a project engineer dares commit the unthinkable sin of not taking notes while presenting structural analysis, a double-booking of competence and defiance that apparently short-circuits the male managerial brain.

The boss's logic carries the vintage scent of cigars and unearned confidence: women take notes because they're "naturally better at it." A theory last updated around the time typewriters were considered high-tech. Yet here it is, alive and well, disguised as "team spirit." In this ecosystem, multitasking isn't a skill,  it's a gender expectation wrapped in office casual. The irony is rich enough to be considered under professional development.

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