it is SO simple, really:

flip-flops ¹ shoes
mini skirt ¹ appropriate for work

and while we're at it:
note to white people: YOU MUST WEAR DEODORANT. EVERY DAY. AT ALL TIMES. ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME. EVEN IF YOU THINK AIR CONDITIONING WILL MASK YOUR B.O. (half-white people, you too)

and if you're going to be the one asshole who holds up the entire shuttle by driving into the lot just as we're about to leave, and the driver is nice enough to wait for your late ass, have the DECENCY to RUN to the shuttle from your car - we're all waiting for you. even a trot would be appreciated.

also, i just came up with a wonderful conclusion: the value of a writer in the eyes of a company is INVERSELY proportional to the amount of money the writer will get paid at that company.