Fair is Fair

The Office is gearing up for the highly-anticipated, entirely inappropriate Talent Show tomorrow (3-5pm at Legends. Be there).

We have bigger fish to fry. Did everyone read the Dress Code Reminder email from HR? Well not everyone, apparently Production is exempt. Which is nice to, ya know, set different company standards for the entire company...so please allow me to gripe about how I'm not allowed to wear my puffy vest and mid-riff revealing shirt, but "lil missy techy" on the 11th can! Sheer outrage.

HR says, "when in doubt, don't wear it." I say, "when in doubt, put out!"

Now I'd also like to call attention to the NYT opinion on why Duke won over Butler in the NCAA basketball tournament (this will all make sense to your cubicle existence very soon):

Gail Collins: I’m sorry, when the difference is one weensy basket, I’d say Duke won neither by privilege nor hard work but by sheer luck. It may be true that the more hours you work on average, the wealthier you are likely to be. But while it’s harder to quantify, I’m pretty sure that the work gets more and more pleasant the higher up the ladder you climb. Forty hours in a chicken-plucking factory feels a lot longer than 60 hours managing a large corporation.

Now, I don't know how many viewers would see the finals as "upper crust Dukies against the humble Midwestern farm boys" - it was a great ball game, and it came down to the fact that Duke has been groomed and trained to seal the deal in their sleep no matter how good/bad they are playing. And this good-for-nothing Gail lady is clearly a Democrat. Way to rain on my parade. She probably thought that Obama threw a solid strike at the Nationals home opener too [epic fail].

Why would she ever make the chicken-factory/CEO argument...obviously we've replaced human chicken-pluckers with more efficient, non-complaining robots and other technologies. Seriously who does Gail think she is - Upton Sinclair trying to end "wage slavery" and uncover the harsh poverty of the working class??

I wouldn't say CEOs and corporate managers exactly lounge on their asses - considering the fact that if the company fails, hundreds of people will lose their job/income/benefits. Pretty sure that a chicken-plucker or a coffee barista or a secretary doesn't feel the same pressure and don't have to pay for Obama's new health care plan...I mean, just ask Rhonda.

Hopefully, you are just as irritated by Gail's comment. Because she's basically pissing on our education, entry-level jobs, and extra hours we dedicate to The Office. Is this why Production gets to dress down Tuesday-Friday? Because they cut/paste videos all day? Do their 40 hours feel longer? They've obviously never been berated by an angry realtor or up-ended by a doctor who's told you, "Nicole, I just got out of jail." That's it - I'm wearing cut-off jean shorts tomorrow with Timberland boots. I mean...fair is fair.