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At Least You Can Quit Shaving Your Legs

By Vivia Chen

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This morning, I looked at myself in the bath- So I racked my brain for other positive aspects
room mirror and was immediately horrified of this crisis. And miraculously, I found a few
at the state of my hair: Messy, matted and bright spots. Oh, I know they’re small comforts,
dirty. I looked like an unkempt but permit me to share:
shih tzu.
This is the death knell for
workplace face-time. (No, I
Shampoo day! Working from home means don’t mean the kind on your
But then I thought, what’s your appearance no longer phone.) Remember all those
the point? I’m not seeing col- matters, so you can let discussions about flexible work-
leagues. I’m not meeting any your work speak for itself ing arrangements and how
Big Law muckety-mucks. Do I some firms acted like they’re
really need to get dolled-up to and dispense with the doing lawyers a big favor for
make my daily run to CVS for superficialities. permitting remote work? (Just

toilet paper, which always ends over a year ago, Weil, Gotshal &
in vain? Hell no. Manges patted itself on the back
Then it hit me: There’s a silver for allowing associates with at
lining to this coronavirus ordeal. You can look like least three years of seniority to work from home.)
a Neanderthal and it won’t matter one iota. Well, that is ancient history. After this crisis, you

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