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#758242 - 07/11/12 10:21 AM
Re: Are you sensitive about your bling at work?
[Re: avafox]
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Registered: 02/07/11
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Loc: Michigan
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I'm a psychology student, and I currently work in a gas station where I wear anything I'd like as far is jewelery is concerned. Lots of people have asked me if my rings are real, which I think is rude, but I'm always honest about what is and isn't.
I hope to be getting a job very soon in the community mental healthy/ family wrap-around sector, and I don't think I will wear my jewelry. It sucks, because who doesn't want to wear their bling!? But I totally get why that would be one of the few places where it is inappropriate, and I am also compassionate to the feelings of others so I won't wear a lot of it simply out of respect.
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#758284 - 07/11/12 12:22 PM
Re: Are you sensitive about your bling at work?
[Re: avafox]
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Registered: 06/26/11
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Loc: Minnesota
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I also worked in social services for years, in an emergency services organization that includes a food shelf, clothing shelf, and housing assistance.
I wore my ring to work like I would anywhere else, but only because I was the Volunteer Coordinator. I was around clients in the office, but they only saw me scheduling and training volunteers from the background. And the volunteers were often retirees wearing their own honkers.
Had I been a social worker who met directly with clients, I wouldn't have been comfortable wearing my Moissanite. When someone shows up trying to figure out where to live after a foreclosure, how to feed their kids, or how to navigate a new country after fleeing genocide elsewhere... it's hard for them to believe that a blinged out social worker has any clue how hard it is for them. It's like us "common folk" not believing the politician who says, "I understand you and I'll represent you," when he and his country club membership are standing behind a podium in a hand-stitched suit and perfect capped teeth. Fair or not, real or not, there's a perceived divide there that makes it hard for trust to take root.
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#758303 - 07/11/12 01:35 PM
Re: Are you sensitive about your bling at work?
[Re: Hadley]
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Registered: 03/19/12
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Loc: Toronto, Canada
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I also worked in social services for years, in an emergency services organization that includes a food shelf, clothing shelf, and housing assistance.
I wore my ring to work like I would anywhere else, but only because I was the Volunteer Coordinator. I was around clients in the office, but they only saw me scheduling and training volunteers from the background. And the volunteers were often retirees wearing their own honkers.
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Had I been a social worker who met directly with clients, I wouldn't have been comfortable wearing my Moissanite. When someone shows up trying to figure out where to live after a foreclosure, how to feed their kids, or how to navigate a new country after fleeing genocide elsewhere... it's hard for them to believe that a blinged out social worker has any clue how hard it is for them. It's like us "common folk" not believing the politician who says, "I understand you and I'll represent you," when he and his country club membership are standing behind a podium in a hand-stitched suit and perfect capped teeth. Fair or not, real or not, there's a perceived divide there that makes it hard for trust to take root.
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#758405 - 07/11/12 04:52 PM
Re: Are you sensitive about your bling at work?
[Re: Hadley]
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The Black Orlov
Registered: 03/15/09
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Had I been a social worker who met directly with clients, I wouldn't have been comfortable wearing my Moissanite. When someone shows up trying to figure out where to live after a foreclosure, how to feed their kids, or how to navigate a new country after fleeing genocide elsewhere... it's hard for them to believe that a blinged out social worker has any clue how hard it is for them. It's like us "common folk" not believing the politician who says, "I understand you and I'll represent you," when he and his country club membership are standing behind a podium in a hand-stitched suit and perfect capped teeth. Fair or not, real or not, there's a perceived divide there that makes it hard for trust to take root.
Exactly what I was saying about being relatable. I agree 100%/
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#758426 - 07/11/12 05:54 PM
Re: Are you sensitive about your bling at work?
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Registered: 05/04/12
Posts: 399
Loc: Australia
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Had I been a social worker who met directly with clients, I wouldn't have been comfortable wearing my Moissanite. When someone shows up trying to figure out where to live after a foreclosure, how to feed their kids, or how to navigate a new country after fleeing genocide elsewhere... it's hard for them to believe that a blinged out social worker has any clue how hard it is for them. It's like us "common folk" not believing the politician who says, "I understand you and I'll represent you," when he and his country club membership are standing behind a podium in a hand-stitched suit and perfect capped teeth. Fair or not, real or not, there's a perceived divide there that makes it hard for trust to take root.
Exactly what I was saying about being relatable. I agree 100%/ Exactly! Well said. This became a really interesting thread. 
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