December 21, 2007 – 9:33 am
So,
Another Friday is upon us which means…DRESS DOWN FRIDAY! Good for some, a NIGHTMARE for others! So there is one dude who constantly takes it upon himself to strut in here as if it’s no longer an office and he wasn’t wearing a shirt & tie the day before. I sometimes wonder how he still remains an active employee with the foolishness he tries to pull.
Our company has STRICT (apparently not so much) rules when it comes to dress-down Friday. I always play it safe with a sweater, nice pair of slacks and loafers/boat shoes (whatev feels right in the marnin’). Other folks are prone to mix it up a bit but all still remain professional. NOW, you have this man who I shall kindly refer to as “jack-ass” who comes in wearing Timberland boots, the most dingy pair of BLUE jeans, and an all black over-sized HOODY!!!! A HOODY!!! What part of the game is that? Lookin’ like a damn construction worker. I know I’m not the only one with a co-worker who constantly commits flagrant fouls on dress-down Friday. I can’t be.
December 20, 2007 – 9:07 am
Well I have. The other day I bought some popular, and heavily advertised, deodorant body spray. I made this purchase in haste since I had not fully stocked my toiletry bag before my cross-country flight to the east coast. I went against my better judgement and did not buy the roll-on anti-perspirant I’ve used for years, and which has served me well.
I will never buy this deodorant body spray again.
Not only is using this stuff like getting blasted on the chest and underarm with a pressurized computer keyboard cleaner; it doesn’t work! I finished my holiday shopping smelling like a bag of old nickels. Imagine my horror when I went to reach for a gift card in a popular electronics store and caught a whiff of…me!
This deodorant body spray sure let me down. It has led me to revert to the way of thinking which got me this far in life:
Never change, don’t try anything new, and stick to what you know…or else you will end up smelling like a three day old submarine sandwich from Trenton.
-M. Randy