Sensibilities

There is a place where our learned morals and beliefs instinctively meet the outside world. These are our sensibilities. They tend to surface when offended, but otherwise lay dormant. Since they are a part of us, they follow us to events with people of mixed backgrounds and sensibilities like propriety. Those of us that like to create a splash run amuck of said sensibilities on a regular basis whether accidentally or by design. At least the Victorian's were honest about being tightly wrapped. We are "professional" when we play the politically correct game and watch our words, even at a coworkers home on off time. HR is expected to lead the way in propagating this false veneer of civility and vanilla communication. This explains why I avoid the social events and go for drinking with the other HRs. One of my employers actually allowed jello shots and beer at the company picnic. People actually asked the HR Manager to sit and have a drink. The remaining companies that aren't too stuffy to let their young employees text and everyone blow off steam at a picnic, thank you!