Suffice it to say...I'm a professional. I know how to act like a professional, speak like a professional and present myself as a professional. I can separate myself from situations and look at them dispassionately, I can be analytical, I am Batman (sorry, it just popped into my head and forced its way onto the page:) ). Having said that, I do find it hard to smile in the face of a hypocrite or someone who is acting/speaking unprofessionally. Especially when they are maligning the integrity, and by extension the work and abilities of; my friends. On two occasions now, people hiding behind Internet names have slung barbs at my friends. The first time, I spoke my mind, defended my friend (rightly so when all the information came out) and was shunned for it, this time I am (so far) holding my tongue but I will say that I do so unwillingly. I much prefer to pop a windbag than to allow him to fly free.
Isn't being a professional, by definition, the act of defending the profession and those in it? Is it really necessary to be nice to everyone just so they don't get their feelings hurt? That isn't being a professional unless that profession is childcare.
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