[Crimson Dynamo]

What is it about an office that makes people behave completely differently than the do at home?

Why do they act is a weird officious manner, talk strange, use words that they never use outside the office. Everyone knows that is not what they are like so why do it?

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[Beastie]

To be professional?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by thebeast

To be professional?

professional what?

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

professional what?

Dictionary.com defines “professional” as:

adj.

1.Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: lawyers, doctors, and other professional people.
2.Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional behavior.
3.Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: a professional writer.
4.Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football.
5.Having or showing great skill; expert: a professional repair job.
n.

1.A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.
2.One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.
3.A skilled practitioner; an expert.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by thebeast

Dictionary.com defines “professional” as:

adj.

1.Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: lawyers, doctors, and other professional people.
2.Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional behavior.
3.Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: a professional writer.
4.Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football.
5.Having or showing great skill; expert: a professional repair job.
n.

1.A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.
2.One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.
3.A skilled practitioner; an expert.

Yes that relates to A profession that comes with training and education but what has that to do with putting on a faux persona and using and speaking in a strange language that is not you?

being a doctor is a profession but most if not all doctors speak like they do when they are at home. Why does that not apply to a manager at a call center or at a Office supplies company or at manager level in a Supermarket?

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Yes that relates to A profession that comes with training and education but what has that to do with putting on a faux persona and using and speaking in a strange language that is not you?

being a doctor is a profession but most if not all doctors speak like they do when they are at home. Why does that not apply to a manager at a call center or at a Office supplies company or at manager level in a Supermarket?

You act in the way of how you react while working in your job. When you are at home of course your behaviour and that changes. You are more relaxed at home and want to put your feet up after a hard day at work. Unless you have kids and have to cook tea and all that jazz. lol

[Crimson Dynamo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm

[*mazedsalv**]

If I acted like I do at home in an office I would be sacked and chucked out.... but I am willing to act like a professional manner in certain moments. I can act professional, same in an interview, I put a lovely front on like i am the best person ever (i bet everyone does) just to get the job/or college place (i did both). If i went in there being myself, slouching (which is do) they wouldnt employ me.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by *mazedsalv**

If I acted like I do at home in an office I would be sacked and chucked out.... but I am willing to act like a professional manner in certain moments. I can act professional, same in an interview, I put a lovely front on like i am the best person ever (i bet everyone does) just to get the job/or college place (i did both). If i went in there being myself, slouching (which is do) they wouldnt employ me.

sacked for slouching?

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

sacked for slouching?

Nope, not getting a job for slouching in an interview is what I said.

[Claymores]

Really Leather - these white military jumbos ain't about to target you deep deep in the Highlands and Shasown has mineswept Elgin while going to WH Smiths for a paper so the centres of the world superpowers are safe - cool it

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by *mazedsalv**

Nope, not getting a job for slouching in an interview is what I said.

I would sack you for your avatar

[Beso]

God bless the office xmas party...It's always the quiet ones !!