Adecco and Amex's behaviour in sacking a woman for inadvertently inviting a director to a saucily-themed party (November 22) is typical of the buttoned-up, humourless way in which firms such as these do business.

As for the director who complained about it in the first place, she would be well advised to get out and about a bit more.

-Tim Sewell, Sackville Road, Hove