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| February 01, 2003 | Mackenzie, Jillian | COPYRIGHT 2003 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

* "My boss didn't like short skirts, so a new policy was developed: no skirts higher than two inches above the knee. In order to make sure our clothing complied, we had to kneel while a supervisor measured the distance from the ground!"--Janice, 26

* "The rule in my office is that nobody can leave before their boss does--I can't leave before my boss, she can't leave before her boss, and so on. So often, we'll all sit there playing computer solitaire until the head of the company takes off and we can all go home."--Erica, 27

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