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June 24, 2010

Tofutti Break!!

This letter to Slate's tedious Prudence reminded me of the classic Mr. Show skit.

Dear Prudie,
I have a question about employee recognition. At my company, when a colleague does something great—secures a new account, exceeds a goal, etc.—everyone is called into the lobby. The person's supervisor announces what she did, and she has to dance in front of everyone. I've heard that public speaking is the most common fear, and public dancing has to be up there, especially when you're the only one dancing and everyone is watching you. I've been with the company for three months, and I have been forced to dance three times. How can I let the company know that public humiliation is not a valid form of employee recognition? Let me take an afternoon off, get me a Starbucks gift card, or just give me a handwritten note. This forced dancing is encouraging me to fly under the radar and aim for mediocrity.

—Ballerina Not in Job Description

Like, what? And she has to dance? Do male employees never secure new accounts or whatever? Very dubious. Arbeit macht speil. And oh, God, I had forgotten about Jeepers Creepers!


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lemmy caution

That is pretty strange. There are PR and real estate firms that are almost all women. This could be on of those.

Whoever does not dance does not know what happens.

Posted by: lemmy caution | June 29, 2010 at 02:32 AM

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