work place attire...

[evan938]

one thing that drives me nuts, is when people can not come to work in appropriate attire. i dont mean something like coming in with blue jeans and some pre-made tears, i mean the girls who are 5'2", 220lbs, and a tube top, no bra, and short skirt. it makes me want to gag

but for the past 2 months or so, we have had this new woman at work. shes 52 (i believe), has some sort of eating disorder (people have heard her throwing up in the bathroom on multiple occasions), shes about 5'6" and cant weigh more than 85lbs (she got turned down to give blood, with a 110lb limit, and told someone in our group she didnt give because "shes allergic to band-aids"...ha)...yet this woman comes in every day, letting her bulimuc belly show, wearing skirts that hardly cover what would be a normal persons ***, and dressing like what most of the freshman girls at my HS looked like.

please, learn how to dress for the workplace and have some professionalism....unless you work in a strip club, or for a "big girls need lovin' too" website, put some clothes on so everyone elses eyes dont have to burn on a daily basis...you can still dress "hot" (even though youre not) with some more clothes on

[hyunelan2]

I would give somebody a lot of money to change our workplace attire... I'm sick of wearing business professional clothing everyday. I LOVE the days when I have field work scheduled and I can wear jeans and a polo shirt. This shirt & tie BS sucks when the heat index tops 100.

As much as I dislike it, I also get annoyed at those that don't follow it. It started when a few guys just stopped wearing ties. Then when that started becoming the norm, more started wearing polos. At least they don't try blue jeans. Until they change the official company policy in the handbook, I'll still be wearing slacks, dress shirt, and tie.

[evan938]

where im at, its business casual, which usually means khakis/polo, dont have to be suit/tied up, but if you do hit your goal for say july, you can dress down for the month of august...that means jeans/tee-shirts (appropriate), and then sometimes they have deals where if the office collects X dollars, everyone can dress down the next day.

luckily, at my new job, its jeans/polo every day, so after tomorrow (since fri is dressdown), im probably gonna go home, pack up all my khakis, and throw them in the closet in the spare room

[bdiggy]

I like the fact that I only have to throw on chef pants, a white coat and a pair of clogs everyday. Loose fitting and comfortable w/ a pair of slip on shoes (which I would wear everywhere if I could because they're wicked comfortable.) Oh yeah, and elastic waist pants, aahhhhh.

[kylemorg]

Overall, it's not too bad where I work.

Now, there are women that walk through the lab area where I work in 3" or higher spike heels. This could be a problem because the floors are glazed concrete and could be slippery. We've had one case where one of the women from this same department fell in the hallway while wearing flats and broke her wrist. I'm amazed that the boss in charge of that group hasn't cracked down on the heels.

It's not like we often see customers or suppliers here at this facility. I don't know who these women are trying to impress. Plus, I don't imagine heels are very comfortable -- you'd think if they had the opportunity to wear more comfortable footwear they'd take advantage of it, just like bdiggy commented (not to say that bdiggy likes to wear high heels or anything ;)).

[evan938]

yeah, we deal with absolutely no customers face-to-face here. its 100% call center. i dont know who theyre trying to impress.

[BobMs_wht2k2]

Uniforms suck.

[hyunelan2]

Uniforms suck.

I 1/2 agree with that.

When I was over in the Labor Division of Public Works, I had a uniform and was fine with it. They gave me the uniforms (5 sets of T-shirts, 5x work pants, 3x long sleeve button downs, 3x short sleeve button downs, a hooded sweatshirt, a baseball-type jacket, mechanic's coveralls, a winter parka, winter pants, and paid for steel-toed boots of my choice). They were all Navy-blue, except the t-shirts were Grey, and I had no problem. No deciding what to wear to work or anything like that.

At the nuclear facility, I had drab-gray BDUs (battle dress uniform). Same stuff the military had, but gray instead of camo. Making sure it was always neat and pressed and boots shined was a pita (I was not former military, as most were). But again, they paid for the clothes and I didn't need to think about what to wear.


IMO, the sucky part about uniforms, is going to-from work. You can't stop anywhere after work and not look like you just got off work, unless you bring a change of clothes with you. My ideal attire would be like some other municipalities do: issue polo shirts with the company logo on it, and you wear your own jeans. Easy, comfortable, low cost. I hate buying dress shirts and pants, that stuff's not cheap... and if you buy the cheap stuff, you look like it.

[Ugzz]

that is readiculous.. and shes 52?!? wtf..

heh, everyone in my office dressed fairly nice. slacks or if they are jeans, they are dark and at least 1/2 decent. no ties, but often nicer button downs and women often wear dresses, or two pieces that are very elegant, mostly dark and dull colors.

but me, ive been here for 7 years. today, its jean shorts (jnco brand and like 5 years old lol) and a guinness shirt!. I wear whatever i want minus profane and super inappropriate. Thats casue im the tech and they ask me to climb under tables, handly dirty eqipment etc. ive probobly ruined 300-400$ in clothes here. thats casue i used to wear only jnco stuff and those pants are like 65$, the shirts are like 30$ so add in a nice pair of shoes 5$ boxers and socks and i got on a 200+ dollar outfit lol. you have to pay $ to look this bad lol

[SuperGLS]

I missed this thread yesterday somehow. In any event, I hate dressing up to go to work. That means dress pants, a button down shirt, and the worst part... the dress shoes. At the library I wear jeans, a polo shirt, and my New Balances. All, life is going to be back to normal in about a week.

As for ugly fat people wearing revealing clothes... eww.

[ArunSenior04]

We have to wear business casual at work, but to be honest, I wish it was more business. I have so many ties, dress shirt, and slacks, that I wish I could wear lol.

[cclngthr]

At my work, it depends on the principal and school what staff wears. I have seen teachers come in wearing jeans and a shirt/blouse and low heeled shoes to a full dress get up.

I would like to see some uniform code for school staff rather than dress in whatever pleases you. Some schools have a student uniform policy, and it would be better if teachers had a similar dress code where jeans would not be permitted.

In a shop class, I generally put on my coveralls and teach in them because getting dirty is required. However, wearing a decent khaki or casual outfit that allows you to move around easily should be the norm. Shoes would have to be comfortable and easy on the feet.

[Gman]

We have to wear business casual at work, but to be honest, I wish it was more business. I have so many ties, dress shirt, and slacks, that I wish I could wear lol.

Start wearing them.

Around my office, if you start dressing up, people start thinking your interviewing elsewhere and you could end up with a promotion if they don't want to loose you. Even if you don't, most managers will notice and they like it.