how do you define professional?

okay i know lately my blog has been a lot of complaints about the people i work with...but really i spend a lot of time there and i am quite dull otherwise...

right, so the question i pose to you today is: what is professional?
at my office it is definitely not the clothes...we are a very casual place, today i am wearing jeans, red flip-flops and a superman tee shirt...yeah like i said we are casual.

but does this mean that we should not be professional with our co-workers...? i don't think it does, but others in my office sure do think it means that!

my favorite co-worker (yes i mean that sarcastically, and i am talking about the same person from my other two posts!), sent out an email today to several people who rank a lot higher in the company than she does (remember i rank higher...and i am the one in the superman tee shirt!). normally sending out email isn't a bad thing, but not when you include this line: "So how we looking? Well let me rephrase that... I know I'm beautiful. :O) ..." this email was in regards to a status she was asking for. why would you think that saying that in an email sounds good...do you have no filter at all? or even know your audience...it is one thing to send a very casual (and creepy) email like that to people you are friends with at work, but there were people copied on this email who would not appreciate this kind of humor!

oh well, all i can do most days is sit back and laugh...and of course start a compliation of all the incredibly stupid things my cube neighbor does and says...then write a book and make loads of money!
;-) okay, maybe that is going a bit far...but hey stranger things have been published!