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<vent> Sometimes I just don’t understand how I make it through the work day. Now while there are lots of very intelligent hard-working people that I happen to interact with there are also many many many others that buy into the corporate bureaucracy that allows them to essentially do nothing and blame you for not following procedure. While I am a strong believer in procedures and having structure I also think there are special circumstances and there are times when procedure be damned and you just need to get something done. *sigh* As much as I love corporate life there are times when I really just want to walk out the door and never come back… that’s a lie. I would totally go back… but I frequently do want to walk out the door and have a little space from it all. </vent>

Color me conservative but I just don’t think shorts belong in the workplace. I know there seems to be this desire to show off men’s bodies and shorts in warm weather does make sense but I still think there’s a huge difference between a woman in a dress or skirt than a man in shorts or even a woman in shorts. I guess I just think of shorts as leisure-time attire which is drastically different from what is (and in my opinion should be work appropriate). Perhaps I am just balking at the next great fashion statement but no one said that the fashion trends of the present are necessarily the way to go. I mean look at the 80′s I think most sensible people would like to forget the existence of those fashion statements. I would be greatly saddened if the beautiful classic suit were to be replaced by the shorts suit.