What Not to Wear to the Office

[MechAg94]

http://shine.yahoo.com/secrets/not-wear-office-180500140.html

I thought I would post this.  The subject didn't seem so interesting at first, but reading the comments, I am surprised how many times I have come across some of this stuff before.  I am sure some of you have as well.  It is also primarily focused on women's clothes, but most of them apply equally in their own way to men (I don't men wearing skirts too short either).  

I think #3 about wearing excessive perfume is the one that bugs me the most.  Years ago at an older office, the site labor contractor had a time keeper that wore too much perfume.  You could always tell where she had been for 30 min or an hour after she left.  The same was true more recently for a guy that used to come out and calibrate our gas meters at one site.  It seemed the excessive smell of cologne would hang around for an hour or so.  

The comment I saw below the article was "Your perfume/cologne should not enter the room before you do".  IMO, it shouldn't hang around after you leave either.  

Most guys in chemical plants these days wear fire retardant uniforms so most of these are not an issue.  As for the office, please let me say that if a girl wants engineers to notice her, she doesn't really need to display anything.  They'll notice anyway.  

[Perd Hapley]

I have seen some women that really need this advice. And I don't say this because I am a table-leg-concealing fuddy-duddy - some of them just look silly wearing their club-hopping gear to the office.

I don't know what their boyfriends wear to their jobs. I don't think their boyfriends even have jobs.

[Jamisjockey]

Ugh. We have relaxed dress code on holidays. One girl I work with wears a shirt that shows her belly, cleavage, and booty shorts. Problem is she's in her mid forties, 50 pounds overweight and ragged out.  That *expletive deleted*it shouldn't be legal.

[vaskidmark]

From the article:

Tight mini skirts are inappropriate for most office environments.

So, does that mean that loose miniskirts are OK?  Loose the schoolgirl fantasies! 

Your fantasies, darn bunch of perverts!  I'm too old to have any.

stay safe.

[HeroHog]

I get migraine headaches from strong odors and have packed up my desk and moved to the conference room to work due to women who bathe in whore water!

[lee n. field]

What Not to Wear to the Office

Musk.

Lady at my first real job, 30 some odd years ago, wore it strong.  You could tell where she was, where she had been, sometimes where she would be.

I know it's a sex pheromone.  For that purpose, it's best done subtle.  Don't baptise oneself with it.

[MillCreek]

Ugh. We have relaxed dress code on holidays. One girl I work with wears a shirt that shows her belly, cleavage, and booty shorts. Problem is she's in her mid forties, 50 pounds overweight and ragged out.  That *expletive deleted* shouldn't be legal.

True, but then I think of me: the middle-aged average build guy in spandex on a road bike.  Not as bad as your example, but I am no Adonis either any more.

[makattak]

True, but then I think of me: the middle-aged average build guy in spandex on a road bike.  Not as bad as your example, but I am no Adonis either any more.

Do you wear your spandex on casual days to the office?

[MicroBalrog]

Telecommuting: avoids dress code issues.

[TechMan]

Ugh. We have relaxed dress code on holidays. One girl I work with wears a shirt that shows her belly, cleavage, and booty shorts. Problem is she's in her mid forties, 50 pounds overweight and ragged out.  That *expletive deleted* shouldn't be legal.

Here's a thought....picture her without all those clothes on.....

[Jamisjockey]

Meh, spandex is appropriate exercise wear. Booty shorts are rarely appropriate at work, especially when you look awful in them.

[mtnbkr]

Telecommuting: avoids dress code issues.

That assumes you have a job where TC is acceptable. 

Besides, even when I work from home (2-3 days a week), I still dress somewhat acceptable for the office.  I feel it gets me in the frame of mind to actually work.  I'm working from home right now, but I'm "only" wearing cargo shorts and a polo shirt.  While not office wear for most locations, we do get to dress this way during the hottest part of the summer at the office.  Dunno why, we work in a SOC and the temps are on the cool side already, but who am I to argue. :)

Chris

[Tallpine]

Wearing a gun to the office is usually unacceptable 

[Jamisjockey]

Wearing a gun to the office is usually unacceptable 

One of the privileges I enjoyed working for the wifey.

[MechAg94]

Here's a thought....picture her without all those clothes on.....

We would do that with some women regardless what they wear.  It is amazing the thoughts you can have just seeing a half way cute girl in head to toe coveralls inside a chemical plant.  Many guys refer to some women as "plant cute".   

I guess that should be a lesson to Muslims in some cultures.  It doesn't matter how they dress, that won't remove the temptation.

[Balog]

I have proposed "Bathing in Whore Water" to my friend as an album title for our non-existant band.

[KD5NRH]

IMO, they first need a "what not to wear to the interview" class.  I've gotten three different jobs that I wasn't really qualified for, but that suddenly became "will train" when I was the only interviewee that showed up in a tie.  Two of them were office jobs.  I've also done interviews for nice office jobs where I'd already eliminated candidates as they walked into the office in a t-shirt and shorts.

Judging a book by its cover doesn't apply, as a book doesn't choose its cover.

I've advocated for a core curriculum class in "how and why to dress and act like an adult" as a prereq for all sophomore level classes.

[MicroBalrog]

That assumes you have a job where TC is acceptable. 

Well, I do. :D

But I seriously think there are a lot of jobs where people can telecommute, and the employers haven't figured it out yet.

And there'll be more and more of them as technology advances.

[RoadKingLarry]

IMO, they first need a "what not to wear to the interview" class.  I've gotten three different jobs that I wasn't really qualified for, but that suddenly became "will train" when I was the only interviewee that showed up in a tie.  Two of them were office jobs.  I've also done interviews for nice office jobs where I'd already eliminated candidates as they walked into the office in a t-shirt and shorts.

Judging a book by its cover doesn't apply, as a book doesn't choose its cover.

I've advocated for a core curriculum class in "how and why to dress and act like an adult" as a prereq for all sophomore level classes.

One of my nephews can't understand why he can't get a job. Wears a batman hoodie, baggy, knee length shorts and ratty shoes to an interview. He might even get away with that but the guy looks like he did a face plant in a tackle box.
Personally I wouldn't care to be served fast food* buy a person with enough hardware sticking out of their face to weigh down a body.

Not that I eat fast food more than a few times a year anyway.

[MicroBalrog]

Strange. I see piles of face-pierced people at the local McD.

[Perd Hapley]

Two questions:
Why are they storing pierced individuals at a fast food restaurant, and why do they pile them, instead of stacking them in a more organized fashion?

[MechAg94]

Two questions:
Why are they storing pierced individuals at a fast food restaurant, and why do they pile them, instead of stacking them in a more organized fashion?

I think the various types of hardware keep getting tangled up so it is easier to just pile them up.  They don't have storage bins like a good tackle box to separate the hardware. 







You just think that is beef and chicken. 

[CNYCacher]

My wife is a first grade teacher, so her work attire is more conservative than most places, except sweet, sweet Friday.

That assumes you have a job where TC is acceptable. 

5 days a week, 8am-5pm.  The rest of my team is scattered throughout the east coast.   The company I am actually employed by has its closest office 90 minutes away.  I've been there once and that was for the interview.

The other day I got out of the shower late (because I got up at 7:50) and because of that I worked until lunch wearing a t-shirt, boxer briefs and one sock.

[mtnbkr]

5 days a week, 8am-5pm.  The rest of my team is scattered throughout the east coast.   The company I am actually employed by has its closest office 90 minutes away.  I've been there once and that was for the interview.

The other day I got out of the shower late (because I got up at 7:50) and because of that I worked until lunch wearing a t-shirt, boxer briefs and one sock.

My company is very TC-friendly.  I have coworkers worldwide who never go into an office.  On conference calls we hear kids, dogs, TVs, etc in the background.  It's normal and accepted.  I TC 2 or more days a week myself.

Most aren't so lucky.  If you work for FedGov, you're probably not doing much TC, especially when you get into the stuff that requires clearances.  It was a bit of a hassle to TC when I worked on a Treasury contract.  Not impossible, but I was limited in what I could do from home.

Well, I do. :D

But I seriously think there are a lot of jobs where people can telecommute, and the employers haven't figured it out yet.

And there'll be more and more of them as technology advances.

It's not a tech issue, but a policy one.  How do you allow an employee who works with Top Secret data to work from home?  Do you build a scif in their house?  Do you require visitors to their home to sign a log book?

Chris

[KD5NRH]

But I seriously think there are a lot of jobs where people can telecommute, and the employers haven't figured it out yet.

"Let me get this straight; I come in, work on a pile of paperwork that's over a week behind, enter it into a text-based app that's running on a server 1500 miles away, and do it in a makeshift cubicle in the corner of a hot conference room.  Why can't I just come get the pile on Monday and work on it in front of my own air conditioner at home?"
"Because we don't do it that way."
"Leave me out of that we.  Bye."