On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:22:54 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Ophelia wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> Maybe she was Peter Pan'ed from the hostess job she was good at.
>>
>> You have lost me with that one Nancy!
>
> Sorry! Peter Pan syndrome is when you're really good at your
> job so they keep promoting you until you're in a job you aren't
> good at. Called Rising to your level of incompetence.
>
> nancy

you're thinking 'peter principle,' after laurence j. peter.

but i was thinking 'peter pan'ed' meant that someone younger and cuter
displaced her from the hostess job.

your pal,
blake