Fie on Work!

[judecorp]

I don't want to go to work this week. I feel like I was robbed of my Christmas break by being sick and doing too much running around. I want to spend time curled up in bed with my smoochie. I do not want to drive around town today looking for places to park my car in snowbanks so that I can go to people's houses. Really, I just want to pull off my clothes and get back into bed, thank you very much.

At least we have the whole weekend together, by some freak accident (of paid time off on Jen's part). It will be so nice to have three days together. It will be like a vacation! Three days together never happens. We can sleep in, and snuggle, and do things at leisurely paces. I can't wait.

Did I mention that I do not want to go to work at all? I have five home visits today (one got cancelled), and I have ZERO clue where I am going to park for any of them. Ugh. Maybe it will all spontaneously melt in the next 15 minutes.

Comments

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

wow she got off all of New Year's?! shweet!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it's because she worked Christmas Eve by herself and they felt bad for her.

p.s. I'm sure you'll be gaying it up or whatever, but you're certainly welcome to come over and watch the ball drop on Friday night.

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

aw yeah i think i may go do Ellis Paul. but i may wanna go see a movie this weekend if you want?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You wanna see Lemony Snicket? We want to go see that sometime. Maybe Saturday??!? Is there anything else you want to see?

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

i want to go see Hotel Rwanda actually on Saturday. and i wanna go see A Very Long Engagement.

[happy2beso.livejournal.com]

I went out in Columbus last night and it wasn't the same without you. I need you.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Lara, I've been waiting my whole life to hear those words come out of your mouth.

Okay, that's a joke. But I miss you.

[happy2beso.livejournal.com]

well, I said I "went" out, not "came" out. ;)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I meant the "I need you" part. ;)

[mostlyhere.livejournal.com]

By some clerical error, I have a 3 day weekend. It is so great to know that Jen and I have that much time together to do nothing. YAY for us and YAY for you and Jen!!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You guys should come over late Friday night to help ring in the New Year! (If you won't be sleeping or smooching, that is.)

[mostlyhere.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I had to work tonight. It's like 11 and I just got home. Poor Jen, she is working right now...

[mostlyhere.livejournal.com]

I just realized that I will have to kiss myself at midnight.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

SAD! :( :( :(

[prettyvacantone.livejournal.com]

What do you think about this?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I think that I avoid employment where they have an "image" for their employees, with the exception of when I worked at Boy Scout camp. I think it's ridiculous that a business could require female employees to wear makeup. I think it's so stupid that so many people in our society see makeup as not only something that "enhances beauty" or whatever, but also that if one should choose /not/ to wear makeup, one is in some way deranged.

I remember having a conversation with a gay man about makeup, and he told me something to the effect of how he didn't understand why I would choose /not/ to wear makeup, when I could be so much prettier. I was floored. This was someone in my community, telling me that I should always try to be as "pretty" as possible, and not understanding how I could say that I thought I looked best the way I am. Argh.

At the same time, lots of jobs /do/ require men to have short hair without having similar restrictions on women... so the standard has definitely been set that men and women can have different "image" requirements.

But it still pisses me off. How can you fire someone for not wearing makeup? Jeeze.

What do you think?

[prettyvacantone.livejournal.com]

Well, at first I was thinking "That's totally ridiculous!" But I realized I probably wouldn't have the same reaction if the policy had been that all male employees had to shave. I think both types of grooming probably require an equal investment of time and money.

Still, as a fired up, almost graduated soc major, I kind of want to spout off about how this is just another form of the patriarchy making women feel that they must be attractive to succeed, and only attractive in conventional ways. That woman might look totally clownish with makeup, and end up making the place look worse.

And I wonder what kind of precedent this sets as well. I was always under the impression that a place of employement couldn't legally fire you for having facial piercings and such, but this seems to fly in the face of that. Can they tell me I can't keep my hair short? That I have to get contacts and not wear glasses? It just makes me suspicious when they can tell you how to look.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You know, I think it's a hotter button issue because it's /makeup/. But you're right - I think any time a place of employment (or society) tries to tell the public what is attractive and what is ugly you can run into problems. It's really a (to use a ridiculously overused term) "slippery slope." Like you say, what if they start dictating things like contacts, hairstyles, etc.

Although it's already true that in certain jobs (like in the beauty industry, and modeling, etc.) you are already encouraged to have perfect teeth and contacts and all of that. But in those types of scenes, you just don't get work if you don't have "the look." I think it becomes a different issue not when you just plain don't get hired because of the way you look (and that happens all the time, with tattoos, piercings, hair color, etc.), and when you have a job and are fired because of an appearance policy after you've worked there a while.

[kjtoo.livejournal.com]

In my workplace, the new dress code states that men are not allowed to wear earrings at all, while women may wear up to two earrings per ear. Now, I haven't worn my earring for several months, and the back of the hole has grown closed, but I was rather annoyed to have the option of wearing the earring taken away from me.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

That is so stupid. I hate policies that say that men cannot wear earrings. What is the big deal about an earring? Men don't look any less "neat" (or less masculine or what-the-heck-ever) with earrings.

[cranapril.livejournal.com]

I was in Boston today... and I can understand completely why driving/parking your car would cause undue stress and anxiety. I have a monster-sized Cran-Van with all wheel drive and happily parked on top of a snowpile... but Boston isn't a fun place to drive OR park when the weather is cooperating, let alone when people are shoveling a foot of snow back into the street.

I suggest you save up for a Hummer.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Dear gods, I would DIE before I ever rode in a Hummer, let alone /bought/ one. I find them repellent.

It actually hasn't been as bad as I feared, as long as I was willing to drive myself into snowpiles. Luckily I don't have a lot of love for the little Focus, and it's a pretty good car. Hopefully as the snow melts, it will only get easier.

I keep a plastic bin in my parking space at home, and I came home tonight to find the bin on the sidewalk. This means two things: one, that someone removed the bin and parked in my space during the day, and two, that when that person vacated, the rest of my street left my spot open for me. That warms my little heart, and also prompted me to take the bin inside. We'll see what happens tomorrow.