Professional: They have no clue...

Professionalism is a reallllly big deal to me.

That's one of the reasons I get so angry and adamant when some of the people I work with and work for throw around the term so loosely. They seem to think that a professional environment entitles those in charge to basically do whatever the hell they want to amongst the commonfolk and any rebuttal must go through some horribly inefficient change of command.

I disagree and I think a pleasant and well thought out "excuse me, I don't believe so" works just as well.

Currently, I'm fighting an unspoken battle against research scutwork that could end my career before I even begin it. I speak up and, of course, am told that I should "just do it." Now, people who know me know that I don't "just do" anything without thinking it through. And in this case, I'm not a fan of what's going on and no amount of coddling me is going to change that.

Anywhoo, I can't wait until someone tries to give me a lecture on professionalism so I can "professionally" put them in their place...ahhh, good times. I probably should've put this one under the "angry black man" subject tab, but it's too late now :)