Friday, October 23, 2009

Elevator eyes can cost your citizenship

Recently started a new job but I will not disclose the name. What I will do is say that it is the most classic building toy company ever. On my first day they had me read all this propaga-literature about the company and appropriate behavior and dress. So I'm not allowed to give an unwanted massage to a coworker? In my experience that's been a completely ordinary action. But throughout the countless rules and guidelines, they refer to the employee as a "Model Citizen." Naturally a toy store would find it ideal to keep an environment free of drugs and alcohol, but they also go to the extent that if any of their "citizens" huff, snort, shoot, smoke, or drink, that they will do what they can to help that citizen. The terminology is slightly more cult-ish than "team member," though slightly less than "family member." On the flip-side, listening to kids get extremely excited about toys brings a significantly more sincere smile to my face than some lady going on about how cute she thinks that dress is.

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