Article: I was fired from my internship for writing a proposal for a more flexible dress code

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149. It's difficult to see how a good manager would let this petty office drama go so far.

Frankly I think it's a made-up story, like the guy who gave five bucks to a bum for food and then followed him to a liquor store.

Oh no, he bought a tall Colt 45 and two individual cigarettes! Clearly the bum's a liar and a cheat and a worthless human being.

Interns do silly things, but so what?

Ignore the "petition" or give a little slack when it comes to shoes.

The jobs I really hate, however, are those where you can wear anything you like, a Grateful Dead teeshirt, shorts, and sandals, if you please, but you're on salary and expected to live in your office and carry your pager (now company cell phone) when you go out to the parking lot to smoke a joint.

The forty hour work week was a good thing, and too many jobs are salary or 1099 that shouldn't be.