- The department went out for drinks after work. We wore sun dresses and strappy sandals while sitting on a rooftop patio sipping champagne and veggies skewers.
- When the Supreme Court ruled that same sex marriage is Constitutional, a coworker sent out an email that the Supreme Court “did it right!”
- On the rare occasion someone swears, the entire office comes to a standstill with folks carefully avoiding eye contact until the offender to leaves, at which point we discuss what just happened and commiserate with each other.
- My coworkers were horrified when one of the few male employees gave someone a polo shirt leftover from a golf tournament because polo shirts are sooooo out of style.
- Discussions about purses in the $100 to $400 range are not accompanied by, “Are you f*&#@$ kidding me?” (unless you count the voice in my head).
- Several of my coworkers own pink tool kits for doing work around their apartments.
- No one in my department has a permit to carry (concealed or otherwise).
- I’m the only one who has welded or gotten her motorcycle license.
- As a result of too much champagne on the rooftop, I now know that there are only two of us who don't completely bare wax delicate bits that are meant to be covered in hair.
- No one thinks a flyer made in Publisher is an appropriate way to handle the situation.
- If a picture needs to be hung, we call maintenance.
- Everyone notices if I get a haircut, even if I'm wearing a ponytail.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Industry Differences
Proof I No Longer Work in Construction
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2 comments:
Were you to work in my office...
1 - You are mostly likely to spend after work drinks sipping margaritas and listening to Jimmy Buffet.
2 - The only person likely to send an email round about gay marriage is the out one, and she won't because she's trying to keep a low profile.
3 - Various departments swear as a method of coping, and I swear in 14 languages.
4 - Polo shirts are almost mandatory among the men who actually bother with the "work casual" thing.
5 - Most woman tend to only bring lunch bags into work, which are rarely a source of comment. What few purses are around and those ones with the magnetic outside part. And these don't cost 400 bucks.
6 - What few women will admit to owning a tool kit couldn't give two hoots what colour it is, so long as it does the job.
7 - It's about 50/50 if the woman have CCP or not. A few of those that do not either carry anyway or carry openly.
8 - At least three of the women in my office ride regularly. I'm not so sure about welding, but I know at least two women who have.
9 - I tend not to get involved in conversations on this and similar topics, so no comment.
10 - This is really only relevant to the marketing department, who usually have the approach of "give us the raw information, we'll prettify it for you."
11 - Most pictures are hung on partition walls with push pins.
12 - The people you routinely spend time with will notice and comment. I will notice, but will rarely comment. Everyone may or may not notice, but won't comment even if they do.
Lastly - Who?
Tom Brady is a MA football player. He is considered awesome and handsome. I don't know anything about his skills but don't find him handsome. He is at the center ot the deflation scandal that rocked the football world last winter. That is the extent of my knowledge about him.
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