A Jester in the King's Court

Topic: Professionalism

There is a strong chance that in addition to bringing a philosophy degree to the table, my penchant for being real makes me a highly undesirable employee. At first I just thought was just in sales teams where there’s so much spin that happens here that you have to take Dramamine to make it through the day. However, upon further reflection, I think there is an apparently universally agreed upon false reality that is projected on life which is the norm for the business world which I don’t adhere well to. This false reality is called “professionalism” and I really think that the church would do a good job staying away from what it entails, because its rather fake. (Also because entities projecting a false reality in which they interact is the basis of Scientology, and I don’t want the alien lord Zenu trapping us in a volcano).

Now, when I’m talking about “being real,” please realize I’m not using it like the Rob Bell/Brain McLaren post-modernists that basically think “be authentic” means “We want to go out of our way to swear in church and dress like Justin Timberlake”. No, I mean it as in actually being yourself. For example, when I came and interviewed here at Jesus Bank, I put on dress shoes, black pants, a button up shirt and a tie. I was interviewed by a guy wearing the same. I have seen this man outside work. He and I both were in shorts, sandals and a t-shirt. The whole company is actually made up of people that, if they had their druthers (I hear you can buy your own druthers at CVS pharmacies) would be in shorts, sandals and t-shirts.

So what benefits are there to being professional? I can’t see any. This is why I have a toy collection at work

(Note: This started off as the Office Banter post…but took a left turn, so it is the pre-amble to the Office Banter post, and the 2nd part in the official Office Post Trilogy)