Most people strive to look presentable.
Some are even fixated on the process. Could be, says a federal appellate court. Carolyn Humphrey, an otherwise excellent employee, compiled a history of tardiness and absenteeism because of grooming and dressing rituals that took hours, sometimes all day. Humphrey, a medical transcriber, sued the Modesto hospital that fired her, claiming the obsessive trait that drove her relentless primping had not been accommodated, as required by the Americans With Disabilities Act. A federal judge in Fresno threw her out of court.