should I swallow my pride?

[maximus unius]

I say be strong and tell your boss that you aren't comfortable dressing up as a clown. Suggest an alternative (like some people have already metioned) and come up with an agreement. Treat your boss as a peer. As long as you have a relatively good relationship with your boss then it should work out fine. Just relax and tell the truth, your boss will be much happier hearing the truth than if you lie about it and then she finds out.

[dudewithasock]

Originally Posted by thefish

I wouldn't want to dress up like a clown because clowns are expected to have clown skills. I can't juggle, do magic tricks, or anything else clownish except for unicycle.
I wouldn't want people coming up to me and being like "blow a balloon animal" and for me to have to say "sorry, kids, this is all I've got!"
I would have no problem dressing up as something else. I might even be dressed up as Santa this christmas and ride around front of the store I work at.

This is the best argument against the clown thing I've heard so far. You don't wanna disappoint the kids, Kristine.

[maestro8]

I'd agree on the terms that I'd get to dress exactly like the clown in Stephen King's "It".