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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Oomph factor seems have won over performance,

Yes, you heard that right. For once, a leading financial institution was not in favour of ‘big assets'. Debrahlee Lorenzana, a curvaceous, voluptuous 33-year-old was recently fired from Citibank because of a rather peculiar dress code, or the ‘lack' of it. The ‘unofficial' version is that her sense of style was causing mercury levels to rise in male staff; she stands by her version that there was no willing exposure - she was born with the enviable body. With the help of a surgeon's scalpel, of course. More on that later.

Popularly known now as the "banking beauty", Debrahlee was quick to go on the offensive that Citibank axed her for her sensational body type, [that has the right mix of ectomorph (thin frame), mesomorph (hourglass figure) and endomorph (she went under the knife to enhance her cup size)], a body that was reportedly "too distracting" for her male colleagues, while the bank reassured that her expulsion was purely ‘performance-related'. In hindsight, (and I intend no puns), the omph-factor seems to have won over "performance', only to put Citibank in a tight spot (again, I apologise for the overabundance of unintentional puns in this post).

Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know "oomph" means an energetic activity.

Source : http://in.yfittopostblog.com/2010/06/13/owners-loss-neighbours-gain/
  

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Hi, Popularly known now as the "banking beauty", Debrahlee was quick to go on the offensive that Citibank axed her for her sensational body type, [that has the right mix of ectomorph (thin frame), mesomorph (hourglass figure) and endomorph (she went under the knife to enhance her cup size)], a body that was reportedly "too distracting" for her male colleagues, while the bank reassured that her expulsion was purely ‘performance-related'. In hindsight, (and I intend no puns), the omph-factor seems to have won over "performance', Broadly speaking, 'oomph' is what you say when something makes an immediate and unexpected mental or physical impact impact on you. The idea is this.

— Clive

  • Hi, Popularly known now as the "banking beauty", Debrahlee was quick to go on the offensive that Citibank axed her for her sensational body type, [that has the right mix of ectomorph (thin frame), mesomorph (hourglass figure) and endomorph (she went under the knife to enhance her cup size)], a body that was reportedly "too distracting" for her male colleagues, while the bank reassured that her expulsion was purely ‘performance-related'.
  • In hindsight, (and I intend no puns), the omph-factor seems to have won over "performance', Broadly speaking, 'oomph' is what you say when something makes an immediate and unexpected mental or physical impact impact on you.
  • The idea is this.
  • When the bank employees all see this woman, they forget what they are doing and just say 'oomph'.
  • The bank's management are more concerned about the effects of this woman's apearence than they are about her skills in her performance of her job.
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Hi,

Popularly known now as the "banking beauty", Debrahlee was quick to go on the offensive that Citibank axed her for her sensational body type, [that has the right mix of ectomorph (thin frame), mesomorph (hourglass figure) and endomorph (she went under the knife to enhance her cup size)], a body that was reportedly "too distracting" for her male colleagues, while the bank reassured t
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