Employers can fire workers they find too sexy

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Thank you, Cittasanto.

To all...

who (of the 3) can you identy with the easiest?

Why is that so?

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identify.
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Annapurna wrote:
Modus.Ponens wrote:Anna,

We're so far away in what concerns this subject, that it's best not even discuss it.
If that's what you prefer I can respect this, no problem, maybe it is wise then to talk some other time where we find ourselves on terrain that is more agreeable for the 2 of us. :anjali:

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your kindness.

(We'd be in trouble if you and I were married and could not talk something over, it just occured to me, but then, we probably wouldn't feel attracted to each other before it even gets this far.... :jumping: :tongue:

But who knows. I am stubborn too. My word is law!!! :rofl:

Only kidding.... :hug:

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Annapurna wrote: To all...
who (of the 3) can you identify with the easiest?
Why is that so?
None of the above.
My wife and I employ men and women and some have been very attractive.
I have never pursued any of the women and she hasn't pursued any of the men.
At various times she has laughed and joked with some of them and I am not jealous.
I have never been fired for being too sexy. :embarassed: :( :lol:

So, I guess that makes me an objective observer?
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I don't know you very well, David.

It seems you are happily married. If you are a highly evolved man, surely your compassion expands to all three of them, seeing their weaknesses with understanding and loving kindness, -understanding they are all suffering.
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Modus.Ponens wrote: Oh, I'm a very atractive man! Look at my uniform!

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so a bucket on your head means attractive does it?!
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Well, a bucket on Stallone's head made him much more attractive.
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corrine wrote: If this were my spouse, I would be very worried because this behavior means my spouse is immature and unfeeling and cannot control himself. What a horrible person to be married to.

All of us have cravings. We do not need to act on these cravings. We need to see them as the negative emotions that they are, put them in their place and go about our business. This failing is entirely the employers. Based on this logic, all attractive people should probably be maimed to avoid their being a temptation to others.

I cannot understand this decision except that it took place in the midwest where all sorts of idiotic, backward ideas are still tolerated. Thankfully, I do not live there.

corrine :shrug:
If this were my spouse, I would be very worried because this behavior means my spouse is immature and unfeeling and cannot control himself. What a horrible person to be married to.
I agree! I'd be worried too!

It's interesting you call it "immature", though, when a man's (or woman's ) sexdrive is aroused.
It's just that, an instinct....inbuilt... a biological default mode in healthy individuals. Can happen to anybody...with a doctor's degree too...

I think this drive can be controlled, by most, but if it takes constant effort, I personally would try to distance myself from a constant temptation. Simply because then I can follow my better insight with less risks that I fail. After all, I am human, not perfect...is that immature?

isn't it wise, to know one's limits...?

I cannot understand this decision except that it took place in the midwest where all sorts of idiotic, backward ideas are still tolerated. Thankfully, I do not live there.
We all have our set of likes.....for instance, I wouldn't want to live anywhere in the USA, where anybody can own a gun and go on a bloody rampage and people still defend having weapons...

I find that hard to understand...
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Oh, sorry, Corrine, I forgot to add why I'd be worried:

I'd have serious doubts if he loves me at all. Or if we are compatible. Of course he could be so immature, that he'd be with someone he doesn't love, just to have someone, rather than noone.

That's perhaps what you meant...or would you like to explain this some further? I'm really curious to hear youtr thoughts on this..
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Cittasanto wrote:
Modus.Ponens wrote: Oh, I'm a very atractive man! Look at my uniform!
so a bucket on your head means attractive does it?!

The vacuum cleaner brush is intriguing ! :D

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Cittasanto wrote:
Modus.Ponens wrote: Oh, I'm a very atractive man! Look at my uniform!
so a bucket on your head means attractive does it?!
It's not just the helmet. It's, on a first look, the whole magnificent and stylish uniform, but above all, it's the fact that
I AM THE LAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!
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You can stop ridiculing my joke now.
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