'I want to know what the devil you mean by keeping coming into my private apartment, taking up space which I require for other purposes and interrupting me when I am chatting with my personal friends. Really one gets about as much privacy in this house as a strip-tease dancer.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Complains about lack of privacy by comparing oneself to a performer with no personal space.
- In plain terms
- I have no privacy here, as if I were dancing for an audience.
- What can you take from it?
- Compare domestic lack of privacy to public performance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines your personal space?
- How do you ask for privacy?
Another view
The comparison is extreme and might undermine a serious complaint.
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