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> That's asking for shit, throwing professionality out the window.

Professionals can enjoy a party and not have shit happen.

> This gives me an air of professionality

Do you understand the distinction of having an air of professionalism and actually being professional?

And that's fine. If you can't handle a party without asking for shit, it's good that you know the limits of yourself and your coworkers. However, don't presume that others lack these same abilities.



> Do you understand the distinction of having an air of professionalism and actually being professional?

I was assuming that being professional also gives out that air. It's been a while (20 years) since I've used English as my primary language so my grasp of some concepts has loosened somewhat.

Also: being Swedish I'm from a country that knows to get proper drunk at parties, and a whole bunch of stupid shit happens at office parties. Shit that could easily be avoided by not being there to start off with...




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