Happy SAN PATRICK DAY.

JOSSIE

Now, in the States, I have come across some government employees of unusual size who seem to be adequately doing their job. I don’t think one’s size would affect doing data entry, accounting, or any time of desk job duty. However, if this person has a sales position, or has any kind of position dealing with the public, he’d x them off the list.

If you’re studying, your chances of getting a job, at least in my partner’s company, are reduced because of the time off you would probably need to study, take exams, etc. Sucks because I worked during college and beyond, and I didn’t have a problem balancing work and school. But a fulltime job here would probably not be possible.

If you’re married or unmarried, your chances are the same. If you’re married with children, chances are you’d want to take care of your family, so you’d be more likely to stick with your job. If you’re unmarried, you’d have more time to work. It seems as if it’s pretty equal in this respect.

A note about the young and beautiful people: In my experience living here, beauty does not necessarily indicate an ability to work well. Many of the young and beautiful (there are some fabulous sales people here, but…there are many exceptions. We eat out a LOT.) are usually talking amongst themselves intead of helping their customers. Fine, they’re nice to look at, but their beauty isn’t going to earn them a tip or a sale. What my parter’s hiring staff looks for is not necessarily someone who is beautiful (though that is certainly a PLUS); rather, they look for self-respect that is reflected in the way a prospective employee grooms him/herself.

The company will fire people who are turning up the sexual heat in the company, though. Not to say that screwing your co-worker is verboten (it’s like a freaking telenovela sometimes). It’s only when it interferes with how the company runs. If a man is sleeping with two women in the same department, for example, more than likely, human resources will sit down to have a little chat. Or if a woman is being overly coqueta and making the male employees salivate and the female employees pissed, that’s enough of a reason to have a talk.

Now, dealing with sexual harrassment is an issue that still needs work. Women seem to like male attention, like to be looked at, but when does it cross the line? And would the guy get fired for this kind of behavior? Or would he just get his hands slapped?

As far as INADI is concerned, who knows? I NEVER thought they’d be able to ban smoking in milongas and restaurants, but they did. I was thrilled! So, maybe it will go through. You never know.

I really don’t care about statistics, as an Argentine I’ve come to the conclusion that all they do is talk for the sake of pretending to care. In a month no one will remember about it (and if they do, they should as well try to fix the status of those employed in negro).

In addition, I believe a quandry presents itself, if we are going to use American ethics as the “Gold Standard.” All we have to do is look at our egocentricism in our repeated interventions in Latin America and our own history with slaves and conclude we are not the best die to cast for equality, fairness and righteousness.