One local company is so concerned with its employees' jigginess that it recently held a mandatory sexual-harassment workshop. They will never enjoy the camaraderie of planning a practical joke involving a blow-up doll. These laws are based on the ludicrous misconception that we can and should check our sexual selves at the door when we walk into the office. Be afraid of sex. Engaging in lewd and witty repartee hones one's conversational skills and ability to think quickly on one's feet.
Morale improves and attendance is higher because workers are actually having a good time.
A recent article by sex columnist Susie Bright in Utne Reader even proffers the notion that creativity stems from sexual tension. But not everyone enjoys this type of banter, and some are even offended by it. I encourage them to not participate, but to please not spoil it for the rest of us. I'm afraid it may be too late. Back in the day, that one comment would have launched a half-hour of wicked, ribald fun.