motomotoyama | I love judging people I don't know.

I absolutely LOVE reading advice columns. Reading about other people's woes, and reading the different advice given my different columnists are fascinating. Plus, I really like judging the behavior of other people that I will probably never ever meet in real life. Lately, I've been reading through the Ask a Manager archives in my downtime at work. I've read quite a few letters from people asking about working out and they almost all say that they don't shower before changing back into work clothes because they don't sweat much. These always make me shake my head. I have never ever encountered anyone who didn't need to at least rinse off after working out and returning to the office. There were plenty of times that I went straight from roller derby practice to a bar without showering, or even changing clothes, but that is very different, since the office is not a bar. Unless you work in a bar. So yeah, I am amazed that the advice doesn't start off with an admonition to do your co-workers a favor and shower before returning to the office. I get that as far as workplace faux pas go, it's fairly minor, but I've had to have meetings with people who biked in to work and don't change, and it is NOT pleasant.

Do I have other things to worry about? Sure, but this is a nice distraction.