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My mom keeps giving me old-school career advice.

"Only have two drinks at the company party" (You mean just two drinks from each open bar, right?)

"Don't show your knees at work" (Ok, I guess I'll have to throw out every skirt I own)

"Don't date someone you work with" (But Mooooommmm he's so cute)

"Don't curse" (But I am sorry it was a shitty idea!)

OK OK OK, I know I SHOULD follow these things, but doesn't that just take the spark and fun out of working, which is something you have to do everyday for the rest of your life??!?!

Isn't there a different between appropriate versus conservative versus uptight?

My dad consistantly tells me about the drinking thing. I actually think it's a good idea when put this way, "Drink as much as you'd like as long as you don't make an ass out of yourself."

i agree with Christine. I think that work cultures need to be a little more accepting of all parts of their employees' lives - you can't just take the good (work time, ethics) and leave the bad (off days, family crises). if i am spending 10-12 hours/day a work, i expect to be myself more times than not.

"Don't make an ass out of yourself" is good advice for life, and i think it's good enough for me at work.

For me, I agree w/ the drink thing, bc if I get more than 2 I'll start getting all giggly. I've never dated anyone from work, but I don't see an issue w/ it as long as you leave it away from work - the flirting, the kissing, etc. But ,if it's against policy, you're always taking a risk of looking unprofessional in your co-workers eyes - not to mention the chance of losing your job/being repremanded. I guess those risks are the fun part for some. I agree w/ not cursing - I know that we all slip up from time to time, but I would and have felt very disrespected when a co-worker makes a habit of cussing at work. I wouldn't speak to a superior that way either and of course I don't expect to have to listen to it alot either. The don't show your knees thing - well what's wrong w/ showing your knees? If I had pretty knees, I'd show 'em all the time. As long as you're not wearing a mini skirt or showing your belly, butt, panties, etc., what's the harm?

well i guess it just depends on what your job is...and how close you are with your co-workers.

see, i work as he receptionist for a very succsesive company, called Design works Cutsom Painting...

at MY company parties..we always have so much alchohol..and we all take 3 shots together as co-workers. Supervisor managers and Everything!!

as for the cursing..we all cuss every now and then, with an occasional " oh shit, or  damn" but only amungst us, like when its just US at the office. If there is someone their that does not work for us, we stay very proffesional, and you would never hear us cuss then.

AS FOR THE DATING, my manager, and the super-intendant just recently GOT MARRIED! so their goes that.. and as far as the dont show your knees at work, i think fingertip legnth is fine. were in 2008 now, cmon...

ImBossay says ...

My mom keeps giving me old-school career advice. "Only have two drinks at the company party" (You mean just two drinks from each open bar, right?) "Don't show your knees at work" (Ok, I guess I'll have to throw out every skirt I own) "Don't date someone you work with" (But Mooooommmm he's so cute) "Don't curse" (But I am sorry it was a shitty idea!) OK OK OK, I know I SHOULD follow these things, but doesn't that just take the spark and fun out of working, which is something you have to do everyday for the rest of your life??!?! Isn't there a different between appropriate versus conservative versus uptight?

Oh these are funny !

Ok- I agree with the drinking part . . . . .if you can't hold your liquor don't try to see how far you can go at a company party. (you don't want to be a youtube video do you?)

Knee's at work ? Hell I've seen a lot more than knee's at work unfortunately. I think fingertip lenght is ok. But also no thongs, buttcracks or nipples. It is never attractive ! I am against short skirts though. We had a lady who was very shapely wear a short skirt, she bent over and I knew what color panties she had on . . . .yuck !

Dating at work . . . . .Oh I could tell some stories about the place I used to work. Managers caught in board rooms, bathroom, affairs, disgruntled employee's. It's rare that it works. You don't get your honey where you make your money !

Cursing - think I did in the previous sentence  I say don't make it a habit. Nothing worse than to hear a lady cursing away, not pretty.