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Um... hi. I'm Holly, 17. Live in Denver but I'm from Virginia originally. I don't know what to say... haha. I like to hang out with my friends and such, watch TV and movies. I'm also into fitness and sports, and I'm one of those freaks that actually likes school. I also enjoy helping people out, which is why I'm here. I have advice on pretty much every topic, and I try to help in the best way I know how -- I'm not one for giving sarcastic answers to questions and such.

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I am friends with my immediate supervisor, who answers to our manager. She is a single mom, 40, who dresses and often acts like something the dog drug in. She typically wears wrinkled, faded and baggy clothing, rather unprofessional, and she is the spokesperson for our department. She generally arrives to work late, with wet hair and her hair is cut in a little girl style with heavy bangs and straight to the shoulders - very unflattering. She is overweight and tends to wear shoes (clogs and sandals) that resemble slippers. Moreover, her office is cluttered, dirty, she often has food sitting out, and is decorated with years' old child art, past holiday decorations, cards, photos and lots of knicknacks and old paperwork and even stuffed animals. She basically has no clean space or desktop to work on and she often stacks work on the floor. She is very social, chatting with people to the point of them backing away from her and she often traps people in their work space, cornering them to go on and on about her daughter and television shows ad nauseum. We have spoken with both our manager and directly with her, but things only change minimally and temporarily. She takes pride in not having the money or time to dress appropriately because she is a single mom -- something she mentions anytime anyone else wears something new. Sometimes she is in direct violation of the written and posted dress code, but others also violate this -- however usually with better professional taste. Besides being embarrassed of her, I am also concerned because in many ways she might be promoted to a higher level, if she looked the part and was more professional in her work relationships and environment. What do you recommend? I don't want to go to her again and seem like I am trying to criticize.

Here's some advice: leave the poor woman the hell alone. She seems like she's happy with the way she is.
♥ Hope I helped.

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(Rating: 4) Well, she's not happy. She seems to think she will be promoted but I don't see that happening.
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