nerad@closus.DEC (03/21/84)
!libation to the eater of first lines...
There is more to Static Guard than static cling. When I have to take
equipment to a demo, I take a can with me. Demonstration rooms almost
invariably have rugs, and static can wreck havoc with your equipment. When
you arrive, spray the area of rug around the demo area THOROUGHLY with Static
Guard. This means the smell will dissapate (sic?) before people come in to
see. What you now have is an instant, invisible static mat. It doesn't work
as well as a static mat, but it sure helps!
(flame on...!)
Well, static cling exists, and anyone who thinks that the self-conciousness
resulting from it has never had to walk in a binding polyester skirt that
won't really let you walk because it is so firmly plastered to your legs.
And anyone who thinks that Madison Avenue isn't important to a woman in the
workplace is in another reality. I kind of like the way people smell by
themselves--not when they reek, but when the subtle smells of people are not
blasted by deoderant and perfume. But anyone who thinks that you could go
into the workplace smelling (heaven forbid) like you were a clean animal,
rather than something chemical or floral--and thinks that this won't be part
of your image (i.e. unbusinesslike), has not lived in the business world long.
And anyone who thinks that having your skirt attracting lint and crawling up
your legs is not going to affect your image with a 45-year-old Harvard MBA
vice-president, I say likewise.
Madison Avenue is accepted as gospel by many members of that mythical entity,
"THE ESTABLISHMENT." This means that how carefully you follow (or how
tastefully you buck) the gods of Madison Avenue is a good instantaneous gauge
of your conformism (and therefore your reliability) in the eyes of most people
in the business culture. It is another way of identifying yourself as part of
a group, saying you are one of them.
From the furious keys of a frustrated
cultural anthropologist,
Shava Nerad
Telematic Systems (at DEC Ed. Svcs.)
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