Wearing the Paper Dress
By Barbara Poole
So, you go to the doctor for a check-up. Or maybe you’re there to get some tests. Everything’s fine, you’re feeling like you, and things are cool until you get to the office. At some point you get taken into a room and are told to take off your clothes and put on this stupid paper dress and wait for the doctor. Sometimes it’s not made out of paper. It could be made of some kind of fabric, but the crinkly feel of fabric you would never wear in your right mind makes it feel the same as paper.
OK. You’re in the dress, feeling pretty undignified, and you climb up on the table and wait. After awhile the doc walks in, and all of a sudden, you become a deaf mute. Can’t remember what you wanted to ask, can’t understand what’s being explained, and in 10 minutes - wham, bam, you’re done and back in your clothes. And the dress, with its’ magical powers is stuffed in the bin, not looking at all magical.
We’ve started the Employaid Exchange this week. It’s a place where you can go on www.employaid.com to ask a question or get some advice from one of our Exchange Experts. We’re having a great time answering the questions. What does this have to do with the paper dress? Well, a lot, or so it seems. For many employees, going into work means putting on a paper dress when they hit the office. What is it about work that can turn competent people into employees who feel, whether they’re dealing with tyrannical bosses or twisted co-workers, that they can’t speak up for themselves? It all goes back to the paper dress. They’re never stylish, and most of us certainly don’t wear them well.
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