Splitting Personality

When you go through the requirements of most of the jobs today, there is this one qualification that definitely gets me pissed: pleasing personality (read: beautiful or near-beautiful). I understand those kind of works that requires such, e.g. the stewardesses, the hotel receptionist, the leading ladies, etc. But for some reasons, why do research assistants need to be pleasing. Why, oh, why? If you'll be stuck for hours or even days inside the laboratory, why is it such a requirement to be beautiful? Damn.

Let's take a scenario. You are titrating (a.k.a. waiting for soooo long) some chemicals whatsoever inside the fully white-tiled laboratory room, alone. What will happen if your pleasing? a) the chemicals will squirt out of graduated cylinders and climb up your face like ants can't get enough of sweets. b) titration time will be lessened in seconds coz, well, look at that pretty face. c) your results will be as beautiful as you are. d) you will die beautiful of boredom.

I guess everyone wants to die beautiful (in ashes).