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« on: March 14, 2008, 04:43:05 PM » |
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I know this may be a strange question, but is it appropriate to go swimming, lay out by the pool or get sweaty at the gym at the conference hotel? I am accustomed to a large amount of distance between personal and professional life, and therefore I am not sure what is appropriate when the two come together at a week-long conference. Are there any rules of etiquette that I should be aware of?
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2008, 05:08:38 PM » |
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For one of the conferences that I attend regularly the planners even organize morning jogs. Also, whenever the conference site is on the water there are volleyball games and other beach activities as well. We are, however, a society of field scientists, so we're used to being outside a lot, and we see each other muddy, wet and sweaty whenever we collaborate on projects. That being said, I've never seen anybody strut around the afternoon poster session in a bikini on the way to a volleyball game, although I keep hoping.
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expatinuk
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2008, 05:11:35 PM » |
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Unless you're cutting all the sessions to work out in the gym and lie by the pool and sip margaritas there's nothing wrong with either.
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svenc
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2008, 05:34:35 PM » |
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Blatant crotch-watching should be avoided.
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2008, 05:47:26 PM » |
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I once went to a conference that was held in a hotel. The hotel had a indoor pool, which was separated by a glass wall from the foyer in which the conference registration desk and the coffee break area were located. So while you were queuing to register or to get a cup of coffee, you could watch your colleagues having a swim. It was really awkward. Especially because not all those swimming realised they were doing so while being watched by 50 conference goers...
I don't do sports, so there's no problem for me...
On the other hand, that time in the Finnish hotel, I was glad I was the only one at the conference using the sauna. Not that I mind the nakedness, but I prefer total strangers to fellow conference goers.
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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2008, 01:28:00 PM » |
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Blatant crotch-watching should be avoided.
D@mn right. Wear sunglasses. Alan |
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« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2008, 04:25:11 PM » |
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On the other hand, that time in the Finnish hotel, I was glad I was the only one at the conference using the sauna. Not that I mind the nakedness, but I prefer total strangers to fellow conference goers.
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2008, 06:18:47 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2008, 06:21:37 PM » |
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I saw a guy jogging through the AHA hotel this year. In jogging clothes. At about 9.30am. He went through the Marriott lobby and past the hundred historians standing in line outside Starbuck's.
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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2008, 06:24:20 PM » |
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I saw a guy jogging through the AHA hotel this year. In jogging clothes. At about 9.30am. He went through the Marriott lobby and past the hundred historians standing in line outside Starbuck's.
Was he topless? I think if you go poolside at your conf, it's got to be a thong. |
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« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2008, 11:53:10 AM » |
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At my big national conference, the cool women hang out in the sauna in the evenings and make fun of the men with comb-overs and bad suits.
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« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2008, 12:11:18 PM » |
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I've never seen anybody strut around the afternoon poster session in a bikini on the way to a volleyball game, although I keep hoping. You could always be the first to do so. |
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« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2008, 01:50:52 PM » |
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I've never seen anybody strut around the afternoon poster session in a bikini on the way to a volleyball game, although I keep hoping. You could always be the first to do so. Don't think I haven't thought about it. The problem is that we're usually only given one free drink ticket for the poster session, and I can't afford the $8.00 for a beer after I use up my one ticket. I would need way more than one free drink to strut my stuff. |
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« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2008, 03:52:39 PM » |
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I've never seen anybody strut around the afternoon poster session in a bikini on the way to a volleyball game, although I keep hoping. You could always be the first to do so. Don't think I haven't thought about it. The problem is that we're usually only given one free drink ticket for the poster session, and I can't afford the $8.00 for a beer after I use up my one ticket. I would need way more than one free drink to strut my stuff. A hip flask, that's what you need. Well, just don't try to wear it with the bathing suit... |
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« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2008, 11:12:00 PM » |
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I've never seen anybody strut around the afternoon poster session in a bikini on the way to a volleyball game, although I keep hoping. You could always be the first to do so. Don't think I haven't thought about it. The problem is that we're usually only given one free drink ticket for the poster session, and I can't afford the $8.00 for a beer after I use up my one ticket. I would need way more than one free drink to strut my stuff. A hip flask, that's what you need. Well, just don't try to wear it with the bathing suit... Perhaps that depends where you stash it. Alan |
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